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12 Solid Rules of Real Estate Investing
1. Real estate is a long term investment
2. Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow
3. Do not let your emotions get in the way
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Hello Everyone!I saw this article last night and I was wondering how many of you feel the same? They seem to be all over the place, which is probably a good thing! It looks like some of the older investment cities hav...
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I live in the bay area and am looking to invest for cash flow. California isn't a great place to do that right now. I hear that the mid west tends to be the best place for cash flow. I was wondering what cities are p...
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Well main stream media is now coming out with comments like."WE are already in a slump in RE new construction is down But real estate is not going to lead a recession.. "so what that will do is boost consumer confid...
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The debate on the efficacy of REI investing over a 401(k) has raged for a long time on BiggerPockets. Thanks to a message from @Christopher Throop, I revisited the topic when he let me know a file I used during an ear...
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Greetings everyone,I have to inject my personal opinion here. I recently went through a bad eviction with a commercial tenant that I inherited with a building I purchased. And all during conversations about this wi...
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Rent growth has not kept the pace of home appreciation. - In the largest 588 cities in the U.S., the average (unweighted) cash-on-cash return is -6.5%. - Since the Great Recession 10 years ago, you got a growth rate o...
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Taking an informal Poll here on the "due on sale clause" enforcement. Wondering what people's experiences have been when purchasing a property secured by a loan under the individual's name, then shortly after transfer...
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A BP friendship with @Tom Yung this past summer led to a JV to rehab an Atlanta property Mr. Yung had picked up in a Dekalb County tax foreclosure. The house is located in east Atlanta in the Edgewood neighborhood an...
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We are looking to buy rental SFR in Las Vegas.Any property management or real estate agent/broker who can suggest which neighborhood in Southwest or West of Vegas to buy for rental SFR in Las Vegas? Much appreciated!!...