I like to buy and hold single family homes for rental.  I have a strategy that has been working very well for me.  Of course, conventional financing is becoming increasingly difficult.  I've seen other financing metho...

Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...

We all stress when we flip properties to buy as low as possible, do the work right, and then price 10% (or whatever your prefer) under the competition on the market. If investors continue to do this, we will be under...

One of most prolific and powerful tools of “creative” finance in real estate is the lease-option, but this tool represents only the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to the most powerful breed of derivatives...

TL;DR - I am brand new to real estate and am weighing options on buying my first property that I can use to set me up to buy a full rental property in the future. However, I'm thinking how to navigate a less-than-idea...

I stumbled across this Meridian Pacific properties and was wondering if anyone has done business with them and if they promise what they offer? It seems to good to be true. They guarantee a 1 year lease on your ...

So I am analyzing my first deal and trying to come up with a good value for the property. Please help! Asking price: $210,00066 storage units 100% occupied currently Generating $3,300 a month grossTaxes: $4500 per yea...

Hello everyone, I live in NYC and was thinking about buying a condo in Fort Lauderdale that I would for much of the year use airbnb or other short-term sites to rent out. I may potentially stay there 4-6 weeks in the ...

My next purchase will probably be made with a Homestyle Renovation Loan. 
I agreed to pay the seller the appraised value seeing as prices have dropped a lot in my area. 
However, the way this loan works -- the renov...

When I first started learning about this stuff, I read many  blogs that said cash flow first, everything else is a bonus. That has been a good safety net and has helped make me FI. However, that said I've also noticed...