I'm at a seminar in Dallas . The guru is Phil Grove. The sales pitch is now happening. Does anybody know if this is worthwhile? A ripoff?

Would you rather have $200k (after taxes) right now, or would you rather have $800/mo cash flow + money from future sale? I am anticipating "Well, it depends on what your goals are" as an answer. I want to know what Y...

NYTimes asks has home buying and how home buyers look at buying fundamentally changed?  Austin and Austin home buyers were profiled in this Sundays NYTimes article.  I can't post the link but there is a paywall anyway...

I don't know if this is the correct subforum to post this in, but I can re-post it if needed.To preface, this conversation, I am located in Houston. It's boom time right now in this city, and property values are on fi...

MLS, Realtors, Secret Society?!

I work in the investment world, managing retirement plans. It is extremely important to me that I am on the same side of the table as my client. This my real estate friends is not poss...

Hi all - I am working on establishing what I hope are realistic goals and trying to form a business plan around them. As I do so, and attempt to crunch numbers and look at listings for practice and to get a sense for ...

I see a lot of beginners on BiggerPockets using the 1% rule to buy small multifamily products such as duplexes or quadplexes. I own and manage over 1,600 units, and I started out in the multifamily world by buying dup...

Hello, I'm thinking about purchasing either a coin operated car wash or laundry with good financials. My concern is that they are harder to operate than it looks. The laundry mat is in a mid-low income neighborhood ...

So obviously the "hood" is not the ideal place to invest in rental properties but how bad is it really? Can someone brake it down for me? What are the Pros and Cons and do the Cons out way the Pros or does it depend?...