Wes Blackwell
Stockton: The Last Bastion of Housing Affordability in California
After my most recent post on Realtor.com projecting Stockton to be the #4 metro market in the nation in 2018, I've received the same question over and over and over again:"But WHY Stockton? What's so great about it? A...
Joe Splitrock
Home Ownership Doesn't Build Wealth
A new study that was a collaboration of three universities concluded that in the nations 24 largest markets, only 4 showed median price increases between 2010 and 2016. (Three of four were in Northern California and t...
Jesse Smith
Agent Struggles - Friends Using Other Agents - Advice?
Good morning all. The last few months have been rather frustrating, and I'm hoping to get some advice from others who may have had similar experiences.
I got my RE Agent License almost a year ago. Very quickly, I...
Cory Binsfield
Why I'm not a flipper
The other day I grabbed $40,000 tax free from refinancing a duplex that originally started as an ugly duckling. As I was walking out of the closing on my way to the bank, I couldn't help but wonder how a flipper would...
Robbie Taylor
Why not snowball the debt on real estate investments?
I love the forums and the podcasts, but one constant I see is that people are looking to add more properties or refinance properties for cash to buy more properties etc.Why don't more people start snowballing down the...
Sheena R Roth
Sweet 80 year old tenant can’t afford rent
We are under contract on a side by side duplex near our hometown in Ohio. We just found out that we are inheriting the sweetest 80 year old tenant who has lived in the place for 20 years. Market rent is $950+. This li...
Account Closed
Is the Real Estate market really not going to take a hit?
I have been watching the last 4 months in absolute awe. Unemployment is through the roof, businesses are going bankrupt, most people are staying home not spending money yet the stock market and Real Estate market are...
John Moorhouse
Dropping out of High School.
I want to build a real estate investing business. I want to buy and hold, I want to rent I want to do BRRRR’s and I feel like High School is holding me back. I also want to get a job working with GC starting out as a ...
Matt R.
Attn Bper: Bens $1000 a month rule - learn it, love it, leave it?
I was just reading Ben's latest blog post and he brought up some real numbers after owning 100 doors. His experience has led him to the conclusion you need to get $1000 per month(sfh) in order to cover expenses and st...
J. Martin
How Close to the Top? - SF Bay Area Housing Affordability Analysis - (w/ Charts & Graphs!) by me
Executive Summary:Because of the real estate I own, and prospective potential purchases, I wanted to know more about where we are in the real estate cycle in the SF Bay Area. Inspired by great students and researchers...