so I am all for real estate but I want to see what you think about this:You come across a $1 million in investment properties, you put down 20% and take a loan for $800,000.  Now you have $200,000 of your money tied u...

Hello,I need some recommendation if a turnkey options is the best idea. At the moment I live overseas working for a major airline. I want to invest in rental properties and this turnkey option came across my research....

I bought my two investment properties about 8 years ago and at that time hadn’t heard of Th e 2% rule. When I recently learned of it, I went and did the math. Each of my properties falls between 1.3 and 1.6%. I’m wond...

 I am trying to get more info about the state of Oklahoma if it is a good starting place for a turnkey investment.

Hey there! Question about home appraisals and what to do when your selling price doesn’t match the buyers loan appraisalI’m selling a house I rehabbed. Did the deal and rehab all in cash. Had an offer within 24 hou...

Hey Community!I am interested in purchasing real estate out of state (live in SF) and was leaning towards using a turn key outfit just for simplicity. I understand that there are some good ones and some bad ones and h...

Last year I considered gifts, but didn't do it. Yesterday I did, and it was a lot of fun. I took my 18 YO daughter and 4 and 5 YO sons to Costco, then to 14 tenant homes across 3 counties delivering cookies. Hones...

"How do you find reliable contractors?"   I have heard this question many times on the forums and in the podcast.   The answer is that reliable contractors are all around and you have either rejected them or scared th...

For the last few years Stockton CA buy-and-hold rental property used to be a virtual no-brainer. Now the market for conforming multi-family property is at a turning point, breaking through the floor dictated by the 1%...

I get calls to this affect from various people around the country about once a week now.  It is all a part of the downcycle of vacation rentals. I am strictly speaking from a macro perspective here - certainly there h...