Hello,My name is Matt Lea. I am an experienced tech entrepreneur born and raised in Wisconsin looking to diversify my investments and get into real estate. I am also a writer at http://shiporgetoffthepot.com. You can ...

All, allow me to be blunt and straight to the point (and in your face) for a sec...

I see so many of you following others blindly (please don't do that). It is time to start thinking and use your own logic.

I wi...

Since I see such detailed posts on deal I thought I'd share my first. My partner and I bought a 4 bedroom SFH in October 2013 for $145,000 with conventional financing, 25% down. It was a FSBO deal from the estate of t...

Hi All,When raising funds for a new construction project, should one have the property under contract first?

I never do this! A little nervous with the Just Stop thread going on - but had to share. Freedom is more important to me than anything.  It's why I do REI.  My 3-word goal for 2017 (if you remember that thread) was 's...

Not great but here it goes! For a bit there I was able to make Bay Area work, I could find houses cheap enough that they would cash flow decently. I guess it's not possible anymore. Or at least, it's getting really di...

So I've been eyeballing this house in our area and Saw it on Zillow then Hudson Marshall Auction.  bid on it in the last 15 minutes and was the winning bidder.  The home was sold 8 years ago for $124K. nice ranch, goo...

TV is a great distraction . . . personally, I watch the news most of the time, but have a few shows I enjoy.

I'll start:

Entourage
CSI (all of them)
Law & Order (most of them)
Heroes (losing its touch, unfortuna...

Hello Note People. I just wanted to stop in and share some of my takeaways from the Note Buyer’s Boot Camp held by American Home Preservation in Chicago last week. This post might be useful to newbies like me thinking...

Hi folks,I'm getting call backs from my direct mail campaign and I've been following a script that I believe brandon turner posted. I get theri basic info, the unit details and when and how much they're looking to sel...