I hope this subject line prompts a healthy discussion.  Apartment investors say they would never buy a single family, yet hedge funds continue to buy hundreds.  If you had 100k to invest in real estate, would you:  A....

Howdy folks!  I've got an opportunity to help a developer who is going to be buying, developing, and building a 4-plex community in my market.  He has asked me to help market the properties.  My area is a suburb of Au...

Scenario: I currently own a SFH with two partners under an LLC.
If we are wanting to purchase another property this year, do we create a brand new LLC or do we put it under the same entity?
I assume we want to keep ...

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to research local housing market trends?  For example, projected local appreciation rates, future home supply versus home buyer/ renter demand projections, migration trends,...

Understanding a Mortgage Appraisal - Part 1

The first thing to understand is appraisals are not all the same or equal. In fact, each appraisal is unique to the needs of the specific client.
Mortgage Appraisals are...

I am a nurse by day and a father of 4 boys I am doing everything I can for my family. I want to get into real estate to one day get out of the rat rase of the hospital life. I have a house I bought back in 2014 and no...

As a new agent, I am in the process of setting up my operation. I am treating being an agent as a business instead of a job/career. I was wondering if any agents out there would like to share any tips or best practice...

My wife and I have always been interested in real estate and while we educate ourselves about investing we thought it would be a good idea for one of us to get licensed.  Since I work a 9 to 5 and she stays at home wi...

Hola fellow FI seekers and real estate aficionados!   My name is Jake.  I’m a 33 year old US Navy veteran working as a forester and arborist in beautiful NW California.  I’m brand new to the world of real estate and a...

I am concerned as to whether I will qualify based on my DTI when it comes to Income Verification because of the situation in which I get paid. For the last 18 months, my salary has been just over 60K per year w/ my cu...