I am thinking about raising rent on a year old rehab that I have a tenant paying $1200 monthly for! I am thinking of charging $1225. He is a Foreign Exchange student who is in his Sophmore year so I am thinking of upp...

I just wanted to share some more recent experience with Kwikset deadbolts as I have recommended them to numerous people in the past.  Since early 2011 I have been installing Kwikset Smartkey deadbolts in all of my pro...

Hi I'm pretty sure I'm an idiot, but I'm getting slapped hard for it (again!)... I always thought that depreciating your property (and getting a tax write off for it) was permanent... So, a few years ago when I had a ...

I just finished a BRRRR just outside of Seattle, Washington. This deal had all sorts of complexity. It was an out of state deal (I live in the SF Bay Area), where I 50/50 partnered with a contractor, and got a private...

Hello all,
I am speaking with a loan officer in regards to house hacking with FHA loan and they keep recommending I use a conventional, due to the fact that there is too many extra steps associated with FHA loan and ...

Couldn't find a place to put this post, so I thought I would stick with Commercial since we do Self Storage and this is one of the benefits of being in Self Storage.Will take you through our Belize adventure ( its an ...

Hello all, I am a young/beginner investor living in Boston, MA. Within the past two years I graduated college and began work. I am nearing the point of looking to purchase a multifamily in areas near my work. I work j...

Over 90% of the population are are trapped in the rat race.

One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class struggle in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home, not ...

What are all your thoughts these days? 

Hi everyone. I am new to the forum but I've been putting in a lot of time going through the posts and learning as much as I can about real estate investing. Ive been looking at a property close to where I live here in...