I was recently in Los Angeles and I saw all sort of posters in Korea town - which has a lot of hard working people who have brought it up from the 90s -- LA riots, slums, etc. There are posters that say "Housing is a ...

I am looking up some houses to fix and hold (rent) and I am doing some analysis, but there is absolutely no way to get a deal which fits the %2 rule.

Here is an example:

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2911-Nels...

Hi, there is a 4-plex I'd like to buy. However the asking price is a rich $920,000. I figured out based on NOI, that if I put 3.5% down as an owner occupied FHA loan, that all I can afford to offer is $500,000. He pos...

Hello RE friends,

In an effort to move beyond theory (e.g. reading, speculating, postulating) and into practice there was a need to invest in a commodity.

Commerical paper doesn't seem as interesting because it's ...

I'm tired of the midwest (Chicago suburbs).  My wife and I have lived here our entire lives.  We do not have kids yet or any other main reasons to keep us here.  So, we are deciding to sell our house, leave my job, an...

Those of you hosting with Homeaway and VRBO have certainly received 2 emails in the past few days; 
One email is from HA/VRBO telling us they are dumping Yapstone because Yapstone now wants to charge 3% additional fo...

I've been looking into the future lately, maybe 5 or 10 years down the road. I was wondering what happens when I want to sell my real estate business. Lets say I've built up enough business to net around $3 to $5 Mill...

As investors we are always looking for a good deal  as that is how we grow learn and hopefully prosper.I just logged off of the MLS  feeling disgusted with myself for feeling like well,  a predator.  Googling an owner...

In 2010 I had the rose colored glasses knocked off my face hard and I am trying to understand why and how there is such Happy Talk right now about the economy.  I am trying to figure out if it is my pessimism based in...

So, my tenant's neighbor called me today and told me that my tenant got a pit bull. He think he’s had the pit for 2-3 weeks now. My lease does not allow for a Pit Bull and I clearly stated to my tenant when they ...