Hey everyone!

Another post recently unveiled a lot of interest from folks around Los Angeles (Orange County, Long Beach, anywhere...) who are interested, or potentially interested, in investing out-of-state...

Hi! I am looking to raise capital from some family / friends for my real estate lending business. I am an unlicensed hard money lender (legal in my jurisdiction - no broker license needed for non-owner occupied) and h...

Ok, so my sister has "put a bug in my ear" to consider starting my own mobile home park. She got the idea because she's actually living in a mobile home park temporarily while saving up a down payment for a home. The ...

Hello! My parents and I are new to the AirBNB community. Our first inquiry is a couple who wishes to stay in this single family home for 3 to 6 months for work. This would be our first guests to stay in this home thro...

I wanted to share my experience planning, permitting and now building a 3 bed / 2 bath 800 square foot detached accessory dwelling unit (ADU) / back house / laneway house at one of my single family rental properties. ...

Out of the blue I am receiving messages about a company called Strongbrook and how great they are and that I should refer all of my clients to this great and ethical company. Seriously, that was the message. I have ...

Has anyone borrowed from their life insurance policy or used it as collateral to invest? I've had a few people that said this is a great strategy and to make sure I have the policy setup correctly. Working on getting ...

Has anyone sat through the entire Connected Investors latest webinar? There are some big claims made in the teasers and wonder what the deal is. I gave up 35 minutes in after it started to smell too much of sales pitc...

I realized that I dismissed Oakland / SF / the relatively close area out of hand -- thinking it can't possibly work because the buy ins are too high, and the cash ROI is too low, but I never actually seriously investi...

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