My wife and I received a pre foreclosure letter but were able to pay our past due balance. Does this mean we are not in pre foreclosure any more? I was out of work for a few months and we are trying to catch up but th...

Hello,My parents have owned a single-family property ever since 1996 as their primary residence. It's built in 1920s, located in Newton, and it's in a poor condition. They're thinking of tearing it down and redevelopi...

Hi,I'm Peter from Hyattsville, MD, just outside of Washington, DC.I am an operations manager at a railroad by trade. My real estate experience is limited: I'm a homeowner and have taken the licensing class in DC, but ...

I realize a real estate investor “makes money” in four basic ways. Cash Flow,Appreciation,Principal Reduction, and Tax Savings.In order to properly estimate my returns I need to assign a dollar value to each of these....

I currently have a military tenant staying in a rental condo that I own in CA. The tenant is only three months into her one-year lease and just gave me her 30 days notice to vacate, due to an upcoming deployment, whic...

My first duplex in Syracuse, NY is finally getting ready to be rented out.  My PM said they have a couple with 2 kids...The issue is, the wife has good credit (upwards of 700), but the husband has sub-600 score. The p...

EDIT: The original video link was wrong, it's now been fixed.So I was at a local networking event and more than one person was interested in investing out of state. My hope is that this is a detailed enough post I can...

Hi,Today, I saw there are many listings in Joshua tree, Twentynine palms, yucca valley, etc.I know real-estate market is slow. However if they do good STR business, then there is no reason for them to sell their house...

First off, Happy Friday!This question has been asked before, but let me clarify and put some parameters around it:"Where would you invest for long-term buy and hold (5-10 years) if you could go anywhere in the US, ass...

So the quick version of this is:My mom moved from the area (sf bay area to so-cal) and kept her house here. I am the "property manager" for the time being.We did as much as we could to get the place rent ready in the ...