have always enjoyed challenging widely held beliefs, probably because so many of them fall apart upon closer examination. Most recently, my contrarian radar started going off in the summer as talk of a Canadian housi...

Years ago I learned that when everyone is headed in a direction that you need to pay close attention to what is going on to avoid pitfalls. When my chiropractor started telling me that he was going to buy two rentals ...

I buy and hold property and recently did my first flip with my fiancé. We did well with the flip, it was a distressed property that was banked owned and we decided to take a risk with it. It had several violations and...

Hope everyone had a fun, safe and restful Fourth of July weekend. In spite of all the challenges we have in the world, America is still the land of opportunity and magnificent individual freedoms. We all thank those w...

Did anyone see the sub prime meltdown coming?,did anyone see the housing market crash coming?,did anyone see our top financial institutes go belly up coming? and did anyone see this coming when Wall Street crashed int...

Could we see another substaintial downturn in the market?

It's funny how quickly the media swung after Monday's huge gain. Everyone said how it was over sold and this was due. They expected the market to float closer...

Like the title says I'm just curious to see what you all are investing in other than real estate (if anything) for 2018. I have a few rental properties already, all doing well, but I am about to inherit some money and...

Call up your mortgage broker! Get your documents together!Average 30yr mortgage rates have dropped from around 4.0% at the end of 2015 to below 3.6% being quoted today. That's 40bp in a little over a month! We are now...

With the trillions of dollars the government will have to spend to fight the economic fallout from coronavirus, is this scenario on anyone’s radar? If the world is so flooded with newly issued debt, when this is all...

Hello everyone,     I wanted to explain my situation here on the forum to see what advice I could get on options of where to park my extra cash. I currently own a SF home that I love but realize its a liability to my ...