Recently I was reading something that suggested putting in crown molding and finer touches to a rental property. The purpose to attract quality tenants. The idea on the surface sounds good, we all want to attract qu...

Hello everyone!! My name is Travis. I've been browsing these forums for a while as well as doing my own reading/research about real estate investing for quite a while. My wife and I have decided to do this as a side...

I started a thread with an article about rent decreases nationwide. The replies seemed to substantiate the concern with properties taking longer to rent, and reductions in rent as well as other bennies needed to rent ...

Hey guys I have a question. I am probably different than a lot of you in the fact that I deal in mainly land instead of houses. I do really well in this business and deal in the market of hunting and recreation lan...

Learning: NEVER sign a contract if you are not comfortable with the contents, no matter how bad you want the property.I was a typical BP newbie. Searching for financial freedom, I stumbled upon rental properties as in...

Hi All,I’ve been in the waterpoofing business for over 12 years and have been reading up a lot lately about REI. I live in Bay Area (Northern California) and planning on starting my real estate investment portfolio. C...

I have always been a contrarian (not a speller)but the danger is to take a position too early.

While my Texas friends are raking in the money in their market they are taking that market out of my reach

Just as in...

We have two 4/2.5 SFRs in Murrieta, CA that were built in 1988. They have never been updated so they still have those ugly oak cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms as well as the old fixtures and plastic shower/tubs ...

My husband and I put a contract on a home. During our home inspection, we found there was moisture in the basement and potentially mold based on our inspector's radar. He also noted the patch work around the foundatio...

Hello everyone. I have a list of potential markets to invest in. I need to pick one so I can hone in on it but I'm having trouble finding sites with recent market data that are user friendly. Can anyone help?