Numerous friends of mine are eager to dabble in real estate but they are unwilling to give up their day jobs. Though I assure them that it is ok to start small, minor fixers to flip, or buy inexpensive properties to ...

I've seen some comments on recent posts along the lines of "...but I won't be investing in California because the laws and regulations are very unfriendly to owners/landlords." On paper I recognize California is a hig...

So I recently have been studying the marketing strategies that come with wholesaling and have found that direct mail definitely catches my eye the most. More specifically post cards because they are less costly and st...

I just listed an apartment on Friday. It's in a "D" neighborhood. It's my first turnover in over 3 years (39 months) in these buildings (2 side-by-side quads). I  had **13** solid, completed applications (not just vag...

If you were to make $20K on a real estate transaction would you use it to pay down existing debt such as a car loan or credit card debt, reinvest it into another deal, or a combination of both?

Let's hear from all the smart, intelligent property owners who automatically dismiss those with evictions on how they will be handling the 30 million people getting ready to be, if not already, evicted because they lo...

Hello Memphis investors - This is a quick bit of info to let you know about the Memphis Vacant Property Registry.  It is a city ordinance enacted in 2013 to help fight blight in the city of Memphis.  Basically, if you...

This topic may be a bit more esoteric than most on this forum, but it does matter to me, and it stands to reason that it might matter to others. I posted a quick comment related to this in another thread and got a th...

This Birmingham, Alabama property was put into service in September of 2014 and was the successful beta test to prove the concept of remote out-of-state investing. I acquired the property from a marketer that makes co...

I am suspecting my realtor is deliberately not mention her short sales list or best deal list. So later on she will be get the deal as an investor herself. Also I noticed the deal I found went someone else even though...