A little background first.  In 2011-2012 purchased with 20% down loans 10 condos in sunny San Diego.  Averaging about $48,000.00 cash flow.  Life was good.  Then I calculated my return on Equity and noticed San Diego ...

Hello everyone!  This is my first "real" post around here, and I look forward to seeing what all of you would suggest for someone starting out in this business from my position: I'm in my mid-thirties, and I'm in a pr...

Had a tenant pay in full for the month (with late fee)Got a text and girl said her husband was only supposed to give me $50 less because they needed it for groceries this week.What they paid me is what they owed for t...

I'm curious what people are seeing as typical fees for CPA's? I recently listened to the podcast with Brandon Hall (19...8?) and was pretty impressed with his knowledge. After looking on his website his fee for a basi...

Hi All,In the process of renting our property, we received many applications. One of them was an aggressive lady on section 8. She assured us she has excellent credit score. My dad who was helping with the process, se...

I was just reading through the recent post asking for the TOP quality they look for in a real estate agent. The comments that followed were extremely depressing. They looked more like a list of soft skills most would ...

I am working on building a list of self-directed IRA companies. Here is what I have so far:

1. Entrust
2. Equity Trust
3. Pensco
4. Sterling
5. UDirect
6. Asset Exchange Strategies
7. American Pension Service...

I have several agents who send me daily listings (one only sends foreclosures, the other send a mixture). If I find were to find a deal on one of these properties, put a contract on it and wholesale it - how does thi...

Buying more real estate may increase your wealth faster, but at additional risk. Once you have money, even if just over a million, could it be better to reduce your risk rather than adding more risk by going into more...