Hi!  My family is considering a move to the Lafayette area, so I'm just trying to come up to speed on the area quickly.With the university in town, and having heard a little about the economic depression due to fallin...

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I'm hoping that someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction. I'm looking for a Joint Venture agreement that I might be able to alter some of the language on. The basic ...

I've seen some nice posts and discussions on earthquake insurance but still haven't seen the answer come clear for my property.  I'm hoping for some feedback.My property is a SFR in Gilroy, CA.  Note, this is not "on"...

The recent settlement involving the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is set to have a significant impact on the real estate industry, including for real estate investors. Here's a breakdown of the key implicatio...

So what do you think about Buyer's paying their realtor's commissions vs the old way of the seller paying the commissions of both parties (5-6%). How will this change the industry?  

So I'm listing a house (PersRes) and the listing site I use has a new disclaimer/warning on many of it's pages. This relates to that MLS ruling from earlier this year. The last house I sold was last year before the ru...

Is there ever a situation as a flipper or buy and holder that you would ever agree to sign an Exclusive Buyer Broker Agreement?I've been working with this agent for a couple of months now and he just brought up the Br...

Few weeks ago I closed on a townhome worth 524,000. My interest rate is 7.1% so my mortgage is $1000 more than what this property can rent for right now now. My plan was to buy this and live in it for a bit, but then ...

Good Morning BiggerPocketersI currently have one of my rentals in Minnesota White Bear city area has a floor joists problem that need reinforcement as a result of a rehab done 3 years ago where a huge marble island is...

Hello, This message to have an input on the situation. I just saw this article about the economist and Hellas Telecommunications buyout by two massive private equity funds being TPG & Apax partners (partly run by ...