A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...

Here is brief story about my first flip.  My name is Dakota Coburn and I decided a few years ago that becoming a real estate investor was the right career path.  I spent 12 month researching, reading, analyzing, going...

I know this one might get a bit controversial, but I think it's important to have this discussion. I started out investing a bit over a year ago and it was just recently I started experiencing some discrimination once...

The reason for this post is because I often read other investors post about looking for a property in an area where they have good schools. We did that. We bought a home in Burbank, California, a very expensive suburb...

I recently purchased a 4 unit off market building for $231,000. It was originally listed on the MLS. The numbers in my eyes weren’t terrible so I requested a showing. The realtor wasn’t very helpful and the seller wou...

 Hello all,  Hoping to get some first-hand knowledge and/or opinions on the best southside Chicago sub markets for apartment building investments. I've heard that Woodlawn, Bronzeville, and Jackson Park highlands are ...

Hi, I am NY-based looking for purchase a long term/BRRR in Cleveland, and want to hear your experience with out of state investing. Are most out of state investors closing on properties without doing physical walkthro...

I had a contract with the seller.  Put it out there and found a willing buyer that I've never worked with.  We signed an assignment contract and I gave him a copy of the contract.  I always feel funny about giving a n...

Hi all, I have been watching a lot of Pace Morby's videos these days. He is an advocate of subject-to financing to purchase properties. In all the videos I have watched, he talked about all the up-side of subject-to f...