I purchased my Los Angeles (Compton) 4-bedroom home in 2013 for 240K; according to Redfin, it is now worth 686K. 2 years ago the entire house was completely renovated (Insurance claim) due to a burst pipe that caused ...

Hey everyone. We are selling our primary residence and moving into a travel trailer behind my parents house.  We live in one of the nicest neighborhoods in town. I have a family of 6.  A kid in high school and all the...

Hey B-Peeps! Wanted to do a quick update after leaving my W-2 job 18 months ago today, with some reflections on what those 18 months have looked like and where I'm headed from here.Quick background: I got started in R...

Hi everyone,I'm a mid-twenties engineer out of the SF Bay Area.I've been lurking the site for a few months as I've mulled the "Real Estate Option" - we're getting to that phase of the boom-bust cycle that I'm just not...

DISCLAIMER: I'm not asking for a mentor here but for an advice on how to find one!Hi all, very first post here but a long time reader. Please bear with me...I live in Brooklyn, NY, I'm in my late thirties and I've al...

Every single time I'm in any grocery store, walking the street, or anywhere in a posh neighborhood, esp. the Bay Area, I think: * "Golly, gosh, gee, how do these people afford these wonderful homes?"* "What do I have ...

Howdy!  This might not be the proper location for my question but the people I look up to most tread this section. I recently read in Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point" (pg72) that "what separates a great sal...

Fellow investors and landlords,I have decided to offer my tenants a small discount for paying their rent on time, in light of the current situation. Its not because I think it will be a huge deal, mainly to thank them...

I would like some opinions about an upcoming possibility. I apologize for the wall of text but I want to provide accurate detail for best advice. I’m one of the millions struggling hard against a massive student debt ...

Long story short.Bought house, needed work, hired contractor with an agreement on price for work. Started work in first of November and told it would be end of the month before it was done. Now we are in the middle of...