Hello all,Since the Houston market is ultra-competitive these days, I would like to look outside the city and Beaumont, TX came on my radar. I looked at threads pertaining to the Beaumont, and they seem to have a favo...

Advice that Brandon Turner gives is buy properties at 20 percent below their value.   Unless  an appraisal has been recently performed, how do you know what the true value of the property is? Is this based on comparab...

I recently read on BP that 7 markets including Portland and Denver were at risk for a Housing bubble. I am from Portland and our end game is to get back there in a year. The fact is I could not agree more with a housi...

Before going out and getting my first deal underway I want to know as much as possible and I have bee hearing a lot of "fraud in the inducement" and I was wondering if there was any ways or certain weasel clauses I co...

These are current headlines. Although I don't think a collapse is imminent, I'm buying properties "off market" that have equity just to safe. I've seen several ups & downs of the housing market over the years and ...

WE're about to sell 1.4M in RE consisting of our 4 buildings totaling 22 units. Scary! They're our "final four" and paid off, giving us 6 figures in cash flow but we're 56 and want to move onto next stage. Turning the...

A vacant unit that is not renting can depend on a number of variables, but I'm curious as to the thoughts on this.

As an investor how long do you expect a property or a unit to be vacant in rent ready conditi...

This may be a noobie question but how is it possible to get into real estate in an area that is booming? I live in the Portland Oregon metro area and the prices of both single family and multi family houses are so muc...

I'm looking at buying the apartment building I'm currently renting in & potentially the building next door with seller (same seller for both buildings) holding note @ 7.5%. The 2 multi family buildings fit toget...

Hi everyone, I'm from the San Francisco bay area and I'm just starting out in the real estate investment world and I'm really glad I found this website. I'm already learning so much from all of the experts on this sit...