I live in a (now) expensive market which is seeing significant appreciation and this in turn is making it increasingly harder to find cash flow. My goal is to be financially free, i.e. able to live solely off the cas...

would it be smart to keep a condo that doesn't cash flow initially in the beginning but starts to cash-flow in the 5 and 6th year and beyond at 10%?

Tough to make the numbers work here in Boston.  Looking for out-of-the-box strategies or ideas.  Thanks in advance!

"Industry standard" seems to be that you pay a percentage of the total lease to the realtor that found the tenant, for the full term of the lease, and that is paid up front.
Why?  Why do we do this?
Most of our prop...

Hello all,Very strongly considering this deal as my first rental.  But I want some people's advice here first.It's going to be a rental property.  Multi Family Home with 2 units.  Each unit has a living room, dining r...

I am trying to evaluate buying dividend stocks versus another single family rental.  What do you think is the best option.20k in stocks I am looking to buy:  Alteria Group (MO), Enbridge (ENB), Devon Energy (DVN), a...

I have found a cement block house that we believe is great for a rehab project. My question is what is everyones thoughts on that type of house? It currently has siding on the outside & is finished out on the...

Just a heads up to all those investors in Columbus OH, if you do not already know there is a measure going to city council that there was a community meeting on last night.  The basics of the measure are as follows......

I've had good success following the 1% rule on my sfh properties and am seeing good $$ flow (8-10% 1st year coc return on a 15 yr note) but I have not done a very good job analyzing properly my first commercial proper...

Hello All,I am in talks to purchase my first property and would like to hear your opinion on this deal! Here are some details, and the report is attached below:This is a multi-family student housing property. 2 houses...