I am moving about an hour away from where I currently live. There's a good chance I'm going to be holding onto my current house and turning it into a rental. I guess that would make it my first investment property (ye...

A seller backed out of a contract for a property I really wanted and it was an amazing deal.I am looking at pursuing a specific performance lawsuit and I wanted to talk to others who have been through one.My questions...

I first began studying real estate investing about a year and a half ago at the ripe old age of 22. I trolled Bigger Pockets reading a whole crap load of information and trying to "Figure" out exactly what my first...

A few months ago I was talking to a friend who is not super sophisticated when it comes to real estate.  He wanted to buy a house that was around 120k on the market (that's what the same house was on sale for across t...

We are looking into forming a partnership with a lawyer instead of having to pay each time we need a new form or service.  We are thinking of a short term joint venture that would be renewable based on a unanimous vot...

Hi–I'm looking at buying a 4plex in Solano County (outer Bay Area, CA) for ~$350k. The price has dropped once already primarily due to some pretty substantial deferred maintenance that the seller doesn't want to deal ...

Hi all,I am looking at a property with fire damage.  The price is awesome and the area is a B class neighborhood, but it has extensive fire damage on the first floor ( it is a 2 family).  No interior access is allowed...

I registered for ActiveRain what seems like a few years ago and it seemed to be mainly for Realtors and those engaged in “normal” real estate transactions. This seemed to be different than BP’s or other investo...

Now that our banks have all but devolved into GSE conduits I was wondering what the consensus is for the fairness of selling homes with loans on them when interest rates drop.

It is just for the banks to deploy the...

Hey all,
I was curious to know when opening an LLC for a rental property, what the stipulations are. Do the names that are on the deed/title of the property have to match what's on the LLC? 
For instance, if my pare...