I've owned a couple of rental properties before. I've been thinking about buying another, but a friend suggested I look into notes instead. I'm most interested in buying performing 1sts for cash flow, and I will be bu...

Hi, I am in the process of buying a triplex, the 2nd and 3rd floor apartments are both 2 bed 1 bath and are currently rented at 650 including all utilities with no leases. I will be living on the first floor. Market r...

When doing hard money loan, what should I look for to keep cost as low as possible besides interest rate, is there a list of estimated costs I can ask for or how can I compare between two or more hard money options?

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I've been speaking with an out of town seller for a couple of months. She's having some trouble with getting to the point where she can sell her vacant property (had it rented out but is tired...the last ten...

Both businesses are non-passive businesses:

In your opinion, if you had to decide between starting a brokerage or a flipping business which would you choose? A brokerage would need to constantly lead generate for ne...

We put in an offer on a REO at the end of May. After two weeks of offers/counter-offers and more counter-offers, someone else puts in a bid. That offer was declined and our 3rd counter-offer was accepted. We sent i...

My partner & I (new to real estate investing) have been advised to pick a niche: homes for first-time buyers, “value-add” properties (those in need of work), foreclosure buys, tax lien purchases, etc.  That said, ...

I purchased a property in 2013 for $265,000 and leased it out ever since at $2,300. The return rate (without depreciation) is at about 5%. The selling price of the property is at least 325,000 right now. The property ...

I am a new investor from North Carolina stationed in San Diego (active duty) I am currently looking to wholesale and collect rentals. With all that said I do not have access to the mls where a lot of great deals get t...

John (REI) and I have been having a bit of a tangent in getting licensed pointing out some state oddities. John thought that we were going far enough into the weeds there that I should creat a new post.

If you know ...