As the rental market stays hot the rates are increasing quite a bit year after year.   I don't see how that continue.  When that slows or retreats does anyone have an experience, anecdotal or otherwise, as to how that...

Most investors need supplies of some sort. (I shop at Home Depot because I can literally see it from my front yard.)But unfortunately, Home Depot doesn't carry everything.Where do you shop? What dumpster company are y...

I recently received in the mail a notice that I am not allowed to transfer my primary home to my LLC.  They mentioned restrictions due to Fannie Mae.I would be subject to termination if I do not transfer it back.Has a...

Make Sure You Get This One Right
By Niels C. Jensen

There are those who sweat over every decision, worrying about how it will affect their lives and investments. Then there is the school of thought that we should f...

I was just curious, if the experienced investors here had to start all over again, right now, and were able to know everything they've learned along the way, how would you go about beginning?

So how much longer can this boom continue around here?  I live in Palo Alto, where I have my main residence.  I own rental properties in San Mateo, Foster City and East Palo Alto.  The one in East Palo Alto I only pur...

Investors, I am in the process of building my portfolio.  I have 2 cashflowing SFHs and I'm working on #3.  I watched my sister build a portfolio beginning with a single house hack in 1994.  She added 1 or 2 additiona...

Have you ever read a post on one of these forums saying something like, “I would never invest in California/Detroit because it is a horrible place to invest.” Or “C-class neighborhoods only look good on paper but you ...