Hello, I'd like advice from experienced investors on how I should invest $100,000 in San Diego, CA.  1) Should I use it to upgrade my aging, dated, duplex in order to command slightly higher rent?  2) Or should I use ...

How much are you paying per gallon for gas? I paid $3.94/gallon last week.

And are the high gas prices having any impact on your business? If not, will it have any impact if the gas prices rose higher to $4.50, $5, $6?

Newbie here. I live in Colorado but I'm priced-out of the Front Range, so I've been looking at properties in my hometown in Iowa. There are nice looking single family houses for reasonable prices. The cash flow works ...

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I just graduated from college and am starting my first real job as sales engineer this coming Monday. I've always been inspired to venture into real estate by my roommates father who essentially built hi...

I was going through the above mentioned websites looking at the properties coming up for sale. Has anyone found good deals on these sites before? If so what kind of LTV have you been able to get? 

These billboards are showing up along the roadways now. I think they're great. Its a reminder that people need that the recession is not going to last forever. What goes up must come down but it has a tendency to go r...

I recently purchased a 3 family with very limited parking.  Two of the units are occupied and I am having trouble renting out the 3rd unit with such limited parking. We have a winter parking ban in this town and the s...

Hello all! I was just thinking before I go to a new small bank and inquire about financing and opening new accounts, how important are the clothes I wear? Let me tell you about my everyday work attire, I’m blue collar...

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I work in Marketing for a real estate investment company here in San Diego. Our main focus is buying, fixing, and selling homes. My main priority is to generate direct seller leads and wor...

Due diligence is an important part of real estate investing. I have invested in single family homes for years and have a good idea of what is involved.

What areas to you look st when in investing in a residential or...