My husband and I work good W2 jobs in construction (me in project management, he is a carpenter). We love real estate and want to have more rentals in our area of rural Seattle Skagit County. We have one rental house ...

As I've been getting calls from potential sellers the words 'seller finance' and 'lease option' are met with near automatic 'NO's. When asked why sellers always say they don't want to deal with the property and th...

I am new here, and along with the Bigger Pockets guides, I recently read Brandon Turner's "7 Years to 7 Figures."  That piece lays out 3 fundamental principles: get a good deal when you buy (20% discount), appreciate ...

Hi everyone,I searched, but couldn't find anything, so am starting this post. I have rentals in decent, middle class neighborhoods, sort of upple middle of the spectrum in the area. My objective is to decrease vacanci...

In a book I was reading, the author made a point to say that calling yourself the "landlord" or "owner" of a rental property in front of a tenant can lead to some rather unfortunate scenarios. Rather, letting the tena...

An alternate title for my post could be 'Flippers and the Law of Diminishing Spreads'!

I am in the Las Vegas market and am running up against the same issues I am repeatedly hearing for other markets in that the ...