Is the real estate market and economy headed for down turn?Demand for real estate commercial or residential is not that strong.China is downIndia between stable and downEurope downSouth America and Africa downSo is it...

Anyone come across Freedom Investment Club? It is based in Vancouver and is in serious trouble.
Some say it ran a scam, while others say it was just another victim of the real estate downturn.
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1. I am new to REI and would like to pose the question of If you could do it all over what are the things you would change ?2. Things you wish you knew starting out ?3. Recommended reading?

I sell Home Equity Lines of Credit in California and I know our terms are very competitive. Last year, I noticed a high rate of requests for HELOCS. I guess people where trying to get access to as much cash as possibl...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in St Paul Park.

Purchase price: $100,000

Cash invested: $80,000

Sale price: $215,000

What made you interested in investi...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $135,000

Cash invested: $27,000

Sale price: $216,000

First purchase. Purchased a short sale in the downturn. Li...

Where do you guys park cash while saving for the next down payment? I’ve been using REITs in the market like STAQ and O. Any better ideas with the market in a downturn lately?

Due to the next global economic downturn getting closer; my main focus this year and next will be within international property bonds, wine, bridging deals. Property projects that are involved in residential and comme...

For those investors with multiple units with many mortgages. How do you hedge your risk incase of another market crash? 

So I have been watching the interest rates as they have begun to rise and the notional value of risk free treasuries and ten year treasury bonds are approaching 3% . Given that the CAP rates in the San Francisco bay a...