I'll try to keep this short, but it's a lot to explain. So I have 10 acres with my house in the country in Texas. Appraised at 83,000 two weeks ago.  I owe 37,000. I can pull out around 25,000 in equity on a refi. We ...

I was originally going to post this in the Glenn Beck mall thread. Decided it would not really fit, since this was developed from a tangent that developed in previous thread.

TC and others- I've decided that well th...

Hi!
I am a new real estate investor looking to purchase my first deal. I have spent a lot of time reading, watching webinars, listening to podcasts, educating myself and learning how to evaluate deals. I currently pa...

I've learned a few money saving ideas over the years mostly from @J Scott. These include using one paint color for all houses whether flips or rentals, ordering carpet considered "seconds'," buying at the pro desk ...

Hello all,I read many stories on this site that talk of people beginning their portfolio's at a young age, sometimes as low as 21 or 22. As a 21 year old who would like to get started in real estate investing, what ar...

My wife and I are close to retirement. We have some money that we're looking to put into RE (about $450-500k) that we can use and rent out the rest of the time. One to be near one of our kids (in Acworth) in the Red T...

We flip a fair amount of properties every year and from time to time we complete the buy-rehab-sell transaction within 90 days. When that occurs, the lenders appraiser will usually ask for a list of repairs to jus...

So I have a 2 part question.  We have evicted some tenants due to them not paying their rent.  We sent them a 3 day to pay or quit and they moved.  However, we were in the facility (dealing with a so called mice probl...

Hello,My name is Carl from Eastvale, California.I'm highly interested in purchasing my first rental property, but have no idea where to start. I have some money saved up and am convinced that my only option is out-of-...

Hello everyone! I'm new to this website and excited to learn from all of you!
We currently live in Houston, TX but we will be relocating to the Seattle/Bellevue area this summer for work. I own my primary residence i...