Hello, I am a newbie to the real estate investing and I am going to be purchasing a duplex this July. I am very confused on whether opening an LLC and having my rental income go through a LLC is beneficial? I have als...

Over the years of being involved in REI, I have seen so many people bashing Dave Ramsey. I don’t understand why it is impossible for people to see some value in what he’s teaching. I don’t even think he’s targeting a ...

We are hoping to buy our first buy-and-hold property by the end of this summer. We feel like we've been analyzing properties ad infinitum and just need to take action!

We live in the East Bay Area (Livermore) and wo...

Pit bulls EVERYWHERE!

I just started advertising my home and overall feel like I've had a good response, but it seems like 75% of the people calling/emailing want to bring there Pit bull in.

I love dogs, but what ...

Hi Everyone,In a casual conversation the other day a friend said: 'You can't look for a quick return. Any money made will be over the long term.'That has been bugging me ever since he said it.Here's my question...Wher...

Sorry in advance for a long post; I want to write a detailed post on how I got started in RE investing a few years ago, the lessons I learned along the way, and why I'm thinking about stopping now. I want to be as spe...

Since it's almost the end of the year, I wanted to focus our question on ideas and strategies that can help us make last minute changes to help lessen the tax burden, or to start the year with best practices.
Let's h...

I was picking up the rent from one of my tenants tonight, and it occurred to me when they pulled up....every single one of my tenants has a considerably nicer car than me. Also almost all of my tenants (Except the one...

I'm listening to a webinar from Phil Grove with a houston meetup that I couldn't attend tonight. Has anyone heard of him and what do you think? I am thinking he is a GURU.