Hi All,I recently went to my first meeting at the Los Angeles Real Estate Investors Club (LAREIC). They had a guest speaker from a turnkey company named Memphis Cashflow.  His name is Clifton Stone, he is their Direct...

Am I the only one that doesn't feel like the ROI calculations are good enough? I have expenses that come up at different times of the year (taxes, insurance, etc) and then I am saving for capex, random repairs, etc. M...

I am doing my taxes myself via turbo tax and I must say I am underwhelmed with the tax breaks I am getting for owning a rental. My wife and I have strong W2 earnings at about 250k combined and it doesn’t appear that a...

So an experienced CPA recently told me that essentially all costs incurred prior to placing a tenant are considered to be acquisition costs and get written off only as depreciation. Is this true? I'm sure he knows wha...

HI everyone, So I have noticed a trend among some of my fellow property owners here in Los Angeles, California. As you may know, it is illegal to deny someone the opportunity to apply for a unit simply because they ha...

Here's a provocative video...explaining we have a real estate bubble right now in 2014. When do you think this bubble will pop? Back in 2005 (after hurricane Katrina hit), I predicted a real estate collapse as well bu...

Ok, so I've been skeptical for many, many years of hiring a PM. My main concerns were that a PM wouldn't care for my properties like I would, that I would pay exorbitant amounts for any kind of maintenance, and that t...