If you have 50k to buy rental property with, where and what would you purchase?

And good idea to give them back to tenants. The problem is the city is requiring a depreciation schedule for all components, not just personal property either. These forms are so complicated that an attorney is likely...

Sometimes life is crazy with how fast things happen!
Literally looked at our first unit in person, been watching the market/mls for alittle while, this one looked interesting and I like the area  so we went and looke...

Earlier this year my good friend paid $30k to a Dallas real estate guru to finally get started in real estate at the ripe young age of 55. After the course, the gurus convinced him to put his entire retirement into 2 ...

I just got a property in TX for 125K if renovated bathrooms and kitchen will appreciate to 190k as per appraisal. I took a hard money loan including money for the renovation. Now the tenant is giving me a hard time, t...

I have read a lot of hype about the Atlanta Beltline over the past few years here in Metro Atlanta. Usually a strong market buzz precipitates it's realization as people jump on the bandwagon and fuel the market dynami...

What’re some opinions on the state of the current real estate market? I know the market in many places is very hot currently and continues to rise. Do you foresee another housing bubble or crash? How does this effect ...

Here's a chart that I saw today from a reliable source. It shows the total debt of households, businesses and the government. There are two things that are quite clear from the chart:

1. Total debt has increased e...

Hi everyone!! For those that don't  know who I am, I am Karen Margrave. I've been a moderator on BP for several years, having become obsessed with the site in 2010 or so. I was living in Orange County CA and we were b...

Hello! We are experts in multi tenant industrial but we're looking at some neighborhood non-anchor retail centers to purchase. Would love some help from the pros here on assumptions to make for high level underwriting...