Why Hiring a Top Rated PM Company is the Worst Thing you Can Do for your Portfolio
It’s weird to me to say that I started my Real Estate Career 18 years ago. That is literally HALF of my life spent in this career. I...

OK....so you found a great deal on a rehab...you KNOW you can do good on this one and get it for a great price.But here's the issue, there aren't any Up To Date Flips in the area.Yeah, there's been SIMILAR style Singl...

I need some opinions from the community....My tenant informed me today the front door was kicked in by her daughter's 19 year old boy friend when she would not allow him into the home. Upon arriving home from work, my...

I’ve been renovating a 16 unit apartment in Pittsburgh for the past 6 months and things are going well. I’m renovating individual units (kitchen/bath/flooring/some painting) and I’m able to increase rents $150-$300 pe...

I bought a 3/1 1250 sqf home and there's an attached shed with finished roofing right beside the guest room and you can see how the framing is attached to the home. It's on a concrete slab. It's about 100 sqf.  The ...

I am considering putting in an offer to purchase 4 duplexes with seller financing. I have a relationship with the sellers already as I have recently purchased other duplexes from their portfolio. Great school distric...

I'm in the process of negotiating to purchase a home that is occupied by a very elderly schizophrenic tenant who, according to the seller, has not paid rent or been on a lease in nearly ten years.  What should I do to...

And We’re Off! (Part 2 of The Breaking the Appraiser Series)
There is a Strategy
In the inaugural edition of the Breaking the Appraiser
series, a call went out to all real estate owners and syndicators. It was mad...

In a few recent conversations with different folks, it has come up how they are calculating financial performance on multi-family projects. And to be honest, I feel the need to generate a specific post on this, since ...

I’ve got about $45k in my TSP and had been considering pulling some out via a TSP loan to use as a down payment on a potential flip.  I’m not retiring any time soon so I’ve got plenty of time to repay myself, and I’m ...