Hi, I'm from Portland, OR. I have a few questions about a duplex that's supposed to close on Friday. I want to live in one side and rent the other. In my offer, I requested that the seller serve one of the tenants a 6...

Perhaps this isn't the right place to ask this, but in the most innocent way possible I am curious as to how people who have quit their jobs in order to pursue investing as a full time gig make money. Basically anythi...

I just had a consultation with someone who has the following story. Classic example of a prohibited transaction. Sometimes I hear arguments against “checkbook control” that custodian is there to protect your IRA and p...

BP,

I don't believe this difficult, I believe this is very much doable. However, what makes achieving this goal so difficult for most investors? Seeing that "financial freedom" is the HUGE topic now a days. Why is it...

(Didn't get much traction on this in the Marketplace, so I thought I'd move it over to the forum!)

Hi all,

This is going out to all real estate investors who have utilized Hard Money in their deals.

In what way ca...

I have a goal of purchasing my first property July 2025. I'd love for that to be at least 20+ units and I'm curious how some of you financed your first deals? Lessons learned? My current goal is to create enough cash ...

Hi guys, I'm reaching out for help or advice on how to deal with a tenant that I have been having problems with. Short story is that this tenant lost her job last year. We felt bad (horrible mistake) for their misfort...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Machesney Park.

Purchase price: $240,000

Cash invested: $63,500

Contributors:
Tara Shedden

Self-managed fo...

On another post which we kind of derailed, we got into discussing creative financing techniques and clauses some of us use in notes secured by real estate. You can read more about it here:

Original "Motivatio...

I just thought I would share because I'm pretty excited really!

Being rather intrigued with real estate since I was 20 or so I have finally acquired some property. Circa 2005-2006 I built a couple of spec houses and ...