Amber Gonion
St. Paul follows Minneapolis lead in limiting landlord rights
A little heads up from our local realtor association “The City Council on June 3 postponed a public hearing and vote on the SAFE Housing Tenant Protections, which would mandate several measures meant to protect tenant...
Scott Poole
San Jose Newbie RE Investors, investing in Oklahoma City
My wife and I are tech managers in the Valley, looking to shift more of our portfolio into Real Estate. Any resources that can help us learn for success are handy ones for sure. Look forward to exchanging knowledge ...
Antonio Bodley
What is better than wholesaling?
What would you say is better than wholesaling/flipping for new investors just getting started?
Nathan Gesner
What do you think about Tenant Unions?
Here's an article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/t...With rent rates increasing dramatically, a housing shortage around the country, and new generations that feel entitled, I suspect we'll see more of these. I find it ...
Logan M.
Will low interest rates cause the market to crash upwards?
I have been seeing a lot of people starting to talk about rates coming down and prices shooting up.Is this what 2024 and 2025 will look like?I am very worried about affordable housing and what is going to happen if su...
Sharad M.
Location, Location, Location vs. Numbers, Numbers, Numbers!!!!!
What would you choose - a 20% cash on cash return in a decent neighborhood or 35% cash on cash return in not the best neighborhood? Everything else being equal.
If you could also explain why you would choose one over...
Rich Weese
Buying at foreclosure is EASY!!!!
B.S.!!!! It is easy to buy at the courthouse steps , just show up with cashiers checks and raise your hand!
However, it is also very easy to lose your shirt. I attend and buy at my Texas county foreclosure auctio...
Ryan H
Closed Tuesday but the previous renters moved back in Wednesday
Closed Tuesday but the previous renters moved back in Wednesday. The place they had lined up to move into ended up being sold so the landlord returned their deposit and 1st months rent. They had no place to go but s...
Daria B.
Investor Friendly Realtor-what does this really mean?
So far I've been working with an agent that has, to my knowledge, never worked with an investor. Over the past two years though I've bought 2 properties with her help. She pulled comps and we talked about what rent ca...
Chris Clothier
Are Appraisers Hurting Real Estate Values?
I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...