I live in California and currently rent. I am considering whether to buy my first home or continue buying properties. Rent has been increasing as such a fast rate that i'd rather be spending on a mortgage than this. F...

So grateful to have found this site and community! I have been reading and watching and listening to as much as I possibly can, and I'm just looking for advice on strategies for a newbie. Some background: I'm from LA....

Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)

The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...

I have a quandry.

I am looking to buy a property and the seller is an older gentlemen who is sick, possibly very sick. I contacted his agent and it is actually two women, mother and daughter, that represent h...

I have entered a knowledge-consumption stage, and due to there only being so many hours in the day, I must be efficient with my time. I have read perhaps a dozen RE books, with each of them saying more or less the ...

I'm not at the point where I think purchasing a truck/van to haul supplies (-ie, lumber, cabinets, water heaters, etc) is justified.  However, I do need to find a way to haul large items from Lowe's/Home Depot to my p...

Economic Update Monday, December 14, 2020)Emotional intelligence, an important concept for investors to understand, is loosely defined as being able to recognize the feelings of ...

In an effort to share my story and offer some encouragement, I wanted to share my story from the beginning with a look back at where and how I first became interested in real estate.  I will give a brief description o...

I'm tweaking our owner finance program our company has been using as a way to find good folks but currrently have bad credit. We've found selling when you say "owner financing, wrecked credit is ok" has many advantag...

Syndication is a big word for a simple process that is not easy. Feel better? Okay, let me break this down “parade rest” (to its simplest form). To put this simply, the process as it applies to apartment syndication i...