Hello from paradise! I've recently escaped from an engineering school in Florida to the warm embrace of the real south to pursue a career in "not crashing million dollar government owned aircraft." Recently, a good fr...

Hi All,I've found my way to this site from multiple channels, let's see what it's about! My wife and I are looking to start investing in real estate and have been researching for a while now. To avoid the analysis par...

As a new investor looking at markets out-of-state, I found this blog post by @Scott Trench - 2016 Best and Worst REI Markets - to be super helpful. For those who haven’t read it, it provides a ranking of the attractiv...

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A college friend of mine recently turned me on to the world of real estate investing, and the thought has taken me by storm. I currently live in the MA Cape Cod area and prices are too high for me to invest...

I am currently house hacking a duplex and when I purchased it last November the renters on the other side stayed and now they are leaving the end of July. I plan to do a minor remodel on that side and have the unit av...

I am someone that works alone for the most part, I am wholesaling for about 2 years now. I work from my home office and sometimes that poses a problem as distractions are easy to come by. I been thinking of maybe payi...

Hello All,I'm midway through my Massachusetts Real Estate Agent class and will be taking the exam sometime in late May/early June. My questions for you all are this:What should I look for in joining a brokerage? (Big?...

I closed on my first investment property on the 6th this month. a couple of days later I listed it for rent. Since then Ive had dozens of calls but only 2 people have shown up for a tour of the property and 4 people h...

A fellow investor recently said to me, "I want a 60 year old renter because they're stuck in their ways and I want them to be stuck in my home." If this is the target renter, you'd have to have single-story homes with...

Is it smart? Is it high risk? Will you go bankrupt? Is staying with your 401k's and mutual funds the best way to retire?

The reason why I bring up these questions is I had a big discussion with my father in l...