My insurance company raised the deductible to 1% of the home value. I took a buy and hold strategy so I don’t have a lot of cash flow. One of my homes has raccoons in the crawl space which is a nasty nuisance. Deducti...

This is the "Guru" course I attended several years ago. 
On our lunch break our "assignment" was to go outside and call up all of our credit card companies to try to get raised limits, so we'd have it for investing. ...

What data and research do you do to identify appreciating property locations?

Looking to buy turnkey in Memphis. I also am buying one local in Utah (probably a duplex). My question: I am very busy with 4 kids and a profession and am thinking Turnkey would be my best option. I would like to hear...

Which websites, newspapers, or recently published books are best when trying to do research for real estate investing? Currently, I do not think my reading of the Wall Street Journal is cutting it. I am trying to make...

This is a great example of how "saving" a little money by neglecting maintenance can cost you much more in the long run. If your rentals are well maintained, you'll get better-quality renters, they'll make more effort...

Looking at buying some real estate as a rental in the Windy Pines area in Portsmouth Virginia, off River Shore Drive. I see a lot of foreclosures happening, just concerned about the quality of the area. Any locals hav...

I am Constantly searching for deals of course. I have cash reserves just in case a crash does happen and I can basically jump in with that money. What I'm wondering what do you guys look for when it comes to this? Any...

I spoke to my title company yesterday and apparently they will no longer do double closings. First American and Chicago won't do them and Fidelity and ORNT last I heard would consider it with an affidavit that the pur...

So myself and a friend are looking at buying homes from the trustee sales here in OC and LA county. We have met quite a few people who would be glad to use our money and split the deals 50/50. We don't want to do th...