Hey, I'm planning to invest my first ever investment property. People told me to invest in Columbus, OH. Can anyone convince me why should I start looking & investing in that area? Thanks!

Ok so my first ever rental is going to be done in a few months and I would like to know whats the best way to market it. I am going to go through craigslist since it is a free service how ever I would like to know wha...

Currently, I have 7,000 sq. ft. of unused and unrented basement space. It is in the heart of downtown of a smaller (14,000) city. I am brainstorming on what I could use it for.
The building is zoned for commercial an...

Rising interest rates have hurt everyone’s buying power (except cash buyers obviously), and inventory is locked up because nobody wants to move and give up their historically-low interest rate. Word on the street is ...

So it appears that the GSE model is officially being declared dead by the Obama administration and is nearing major reform from what I am reading from a number of sources. Any thoughts on what this means for us going...

Hi all, Newbie here, so please be gentle. I have to say I'm just shocked at the level of giving back I see around here. It's counterintuitive to think that such an opportunistic field of practice would have such a sup...

The Real Deal reports that rents are collapsing in some of America's biggest cities.  The article does not specifically say this, but this is no doubt related to the fact that development has been concentrated for ten...

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...

I was wondering what was everyone thoughts about rental properties in dilapidated areas was. Is it worth having all the numbers work out, i.e. 2% rule and house bought @ 70% of value etc., vs. the appreciation of the...