What cities do you all consider the best long term investments? I've had my eyes on western suburbs of Detroit and suburbs of Dallas TX like Fort Worth. 

I have a house I rent out for 1300 a month. I owe 60K. It's worth 120K. How much should I be making annually on this income property. I feel my numbers are very low, but I am new at this so I am not sure. After taxes,...

I'm new to landlording so please bear with me.

I'm closing on a condo in the next month and I'm not sure if I should collect last month's payment or a security deposit. The condo is in a low income area so I don't...

Hi guys,There was a great topic on the real estate predictions. I cant find it.What do you think will happen with the real estate prices? Now the interest rates are 6.5% I see some prices are dropped may be 15K but st...

Calling out to all investors...How many of you thought you had at least a base hit on your first property and then, in the end it turned out to bite you (financially speaking). I am in the process of buying a foreclo...

I usually hear about qualities we need from our real estate agents as investors, but I don't generally know what agents need, especially when working with investors. What does your ideal, investor, working relationshi...

I just left this message below in reply to a forum post recently.  I thought I would share it with all here to document my path and to inspire others to follow a similar path and stay away from late night guru garbage...

How do over the counter tax deeds work?

As you may have heard, today Fed annouced QE3 of 40B per month (i.e. printing press) with no end in sight. Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market. I wonder what it means to the real estate market...

This post is me blowing off steam or seeing if I’m missing anything. I currently own a Triplex with an 85k note left on it.
I profit roughly $750 a month plus whatever the mortgage pay down is. I’m not complaining. ...