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I am looking at purchasing a HomeVestors franchise. Any thoughts, good, bad or indifferent?
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I just completed an almost simultaneous close on two different properties. On Friday I closed on 36.4 acres of vacant farmland. This past Monday I closed on a 3bd / 2ba house on 1 acre.
I want to turn the 36 acres i...
The truth about wholesaling real estate needs to be finally told from a real estate pro like myself with almost 40yrs in the real estate business with buying and selling properties all over Northern & Southern Cal...
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I've seen so many forum posts advising NOT to give any money to contractors upfront - because so many people have been ripped off by contractors. I've seen many responses from contractors, saying they've got to buy ma...
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For a few months I've been learning about how to use my unused income from a full-time job to invest in real estate and have been reading lots of books like Hold: How to Find, Buy and Rent Houses for Wealth, Brandon T...
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I updated my score.org profile because of my move and as I was doing it I was called to take a step and a stand. I have complained about the sketchy coaches, gurus and such but haven't done anything about it.
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From the few people I have spoken with from Las Vegas have generally said that the market is good for buy and hold and not so much for flipping right now. Is this true from others experiences. I am new to Real Estat...
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My wife and I are tech managers in the Valley, looking to shift more of our portfolio into Real Estate. Any resources that can help us learn for success are handy ones for sure. Look forward to exchanging knowledge ...
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I have been looking opening a SDIRA. I have read/heard many tout the overall benefits and flexibility of using an SDIRA, but when I looked into it a little more, the SDIRA seemed to lose its luster with several restr...