since here in Sacramento CA , the prices are so high and there are so many cash buyer investors , that there is barley any inventory left for new investors like myself , is it smart to go ahead and buy houses fr...

Hi All,My first tenant in my first ever rental is nearing the end of their 1st year lease. I currently have a PM in place, and their procedures are to ask the tenant 30 days prior to end of lease if they would like to...

I am getting to be “too close” to this deal so... would you invest in this?
I’m already under contract but can back out during due diligence.
-118k price 
-7.5k closing costs (so high!)
-20k repairs
= $145k all i...

I was just reading through the recent post asking for the TOP quality they look for in a real estate agent. The comments that followed were extremely depressing. They looked more like a list of soft skills most would ...

I'm newbie to all of this. I have a rental property in Austin, TX that has almost doubled in value since purchasing in 2008. I Have had amazing renters for the last 4 years that have said they are moving out. My wife ...

I closed on a duplex in Buffalo, NY last week. The house (both upper and lower) was vacant, in great shape as the owner had done some minor updates to the flats. The numbers look great on paper and the rents I plan to...

Some background info. My girlfriend and I are both 26/27. I make ~$250k / year in sales while she makes ~$100k / year as a product manager. I only see these incomes rising over time. We live in a rather expensive city...

If I were to guess, here's what my friends did today:@Serge S. spend today thinking hard about the next $500,000@Brian Burke took his wife in his plane to Malibu, or something, and spent money he has@Brandon Turner to...

I’m trying to get a read on what real estate values are doing in each geographic area where we do business. It’s one thing to read reports compiled by third parties, but it’s an altogether different story from the age...

In the today's real estate markets, investors are finding an abundance of distressed inventory and in some cases for prices that are 10% of the "replacement" cost of the property.After quickly glancing at the rents on...