I thought I would put this up because what I have to write can save you, however few are talking about this point. When buying or developing self-storage facilities in new markets it is so important that you understan...

Hi Everyone,We grew our portfolio and networth very rapidly through real estate over the last 3 years. I woke up in a cold sweat a few weeks ago when I realized 90% of our current networth is wrapped up in real estate...

Can anyone recommend a free deal analysis software that computes the major metrics on a deal? I have seen one but have not downloaded it - it is called rehab valuator lite - anyone used it? Thanks!

How to motivate a seller to sell who isn’t procrastinating to sell?There is the perfect house I would love to buy as my first rental, especially since it’s my neighbors house and it is an eyesore but could be easy to ...

I own a condo with a tenant under lease for another few months. I’m thinking about selling it and am looking for advice as to whether I’m better off renewing the tenant’s lease and then putting it on the market vs. no...

I finally started my real estate investment career last year when I purchased a single family residence (SFR) in Frankford area, rehabbed and rented it out.Before I purchased my first rental I was marketing through ma...

Hello,I'm just looking ahead and I know one tenant, who is not particularly clean, is not planning on renewing their lease. How do you go about walking prospective tenants through places like this? How much time do yo...

To The Beaches!
New Bern is a lovely little town situation on the coast of NC, supporting a population of just under 32,000 and employing about 12.9k people (-0.302% year over year). 
New Bern's annual population gr...

Hello -

Obviously I can imagine it'd be pretty tough to accurately estimate the cost of knocking down an existing home to put up a new one, but I was hoping someone could ball park an estimate for me.

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After listening to a few podcasts, I am posting one of my success stories. This is a deal I did at the end of 2013. This was my first deal in quite a while. I had been holding rentals for several years, and was not ma...