Future Investor: What’s the first step in becoming a real estate investor?
Me: Why.
Future Investor: Because I want to start investing. So what’s the first step?
Me: Why.
Future Investor: I just told you. Because ...

It has taken me this long to get to Ken McElroy's seminal book, The ABCs of Real Estate Investing. I'm late to the party, I think! But as they say, slow and steady wins the race!Here is a good quote, taken from pp. 14...

As obvious as it may seem, REMEMBER TO SLEEP! As real estate investors we tend to go 100%, 100% of the time. You have to remember to take some time for rest. One thing that I have tried the last 6 months is writing ev...

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In an interview with The Canadian Press, Williams said he went to Miami to have a "minimally invasive" surgery for an ailment ...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Columbus.

Purchase price: $125,000

Cash invested: $125,000

Sale price: $175,000

All-cash, out-of-state purchase of 4-u...

This is so ironic: yesterday I scheduled a guy to come cut down two big elms on the property and today a tree branch fell on the tenants car. This branch came from a giant maple which, has proved itself to be rotting....

Okay BP, I am finally posting for the first time.  My wife and I are feverishly trying to figure out what the heck to do.  I am an analysis paralysis person and she is RE agent ready to go. LOL  So I have owned a rent...

Im 50 years old and have want to invest in real estate for quite a while. Recently I inherited some money( not a huge amount) that I would like to invest. I live in the Portland,Oregon market and housing prices are hi...

Hello everyone! I will be getting out of the military in a couple of years so me and my wife will be moving to the Charleston area when the time comes and I will become a contractor. I am stationed overseas in Japan r...

Hi!

I am a newer real estate agent in the Inland Empire, CA who is looking to work with investors, because I think it would be the best personality fit for me.

Although working with homebuyers is fine, the process...