So I have to put $1,500,000 in a rental somewhere. The option (for whatever reason) is either LA (appreciation) or Baltimore (cash flow).Sure, investors never can agree to disagree on which is best, but the numbers se...

I found this to be helpful in the beginning, hopefully you will aswell ...
acceleration clauseA clause in your mortgage which allows the lender to demand payment of the outstanding loan balance for various reasons. T...

How much do you spend on marketing to find off-market properties? If you are not marketing, how do you come across your off-market deals?

About 10 days ago, I started a thread comparing investments in Cash Flow versus Appreciation properties.  The response was overwhelmingly in favor of Cash Flow.Are there ANY investors investing for appreciation out th...

I am just curious, what do you guys budget for a gut rehab on like a 1500 SqFt Single Family? I know it ranges, but I am interested in what the different costs are out there. When I mean gut, I mean, putting in new pi...

I have 18 rental properties Free and Clear bringing in 18K a month and worth around $1.6 million. I happily manage them myself but I want to retire in 7 years at the ripe old age of 55. How do I do this?

@J Scott inspired me with his diary of a new construction project to do one of my own.  So not to be outdone, I'm actually going to do two.  This one will be for a project that we have recently completed.  I'll add ne...

Recently, I read "Nomadland" about people who are poor or living on minimal social security and trying to get by. Some of my relatives have problems paying for housing and they don't understand how to navigate the sys...

Hi guys, I'm a condo owner and resident of San Diego County. I'm currently working on paying off my debts and improving my credit scores, but have the long-term goal of using the equity in my condo to begin my investi...

Sooo I have three houses that are all former primary residences that are now rentals. None of the homes were bought with the intention to rent them out, so the sale price and mortgages weren't optimized to be rentals....