Hey all your smart people you.Question on best ideas for my down payment on a mortgage. I am researching to get my first property. I qualify for 5% down and I almost have enough money to do that. Here is the dilemma. ...

Why do you account for expenses so high. Like with the 50% rule. 50% of rent will be spent on expenses. For instance, if I know every thing has at least 3 years left on its life and I handle property management and ev...

Am looking at this triplex which has a good positive cash flow and has a good rental record, with vacancy less than 5%. Its probably in B- neighborhood. I am estimating 10% cap rate, 5% repair and 10% PM costs and hav...

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I'm a 15-year resident of San Diego, looking for someone or many someones to learn-from, either as a mentor or as a partner. If you are willing to teach, I am willing to learn as much as you are ...

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We are a group of real estate investors that invest in rental properties overseas. We are looking to purchase the first investment property in the US (looking at a few cities). We are interested in Sect...

I bought my first house in 2004 for $209k.  By 2009, I decided to move in with my girlfriend.  At that time, house prices hadn't recovered yet.  I was far underwater, so I decided to rent it out instead of selling it....

Hello there!I’ve run into a dispute with my property manager and am hoping to hear how others might handle this situation.The property manager just turned over a nicely updated apartment and in addition to the normal ...

What is your opinion on performing repairs while the tenants aren't home?  My tenants are fine with me being in the house when they are not home but I hesitate sometimes.  I wouldn't want something to happen, that I d...

I have a one year contract with this property management company. They have been charging me for stuff which I have not asked them to do. I have clearly communicated to them multiple times not to do anything in my pro...

Hi,I’m new to real estate investing. I found a duplex I’m interested in and I want to make an offer. It needs a new roof and one of the units had some water damage so I’d need to redo the cabinets and floor. I figured...