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Here's a chart that I saw today from a reliable source. It shows the total debt of households, businesses and the government. There are two things that are quite clear from the chart:
1. Total debt has increased e...
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Hi All,I'm a 30-year old man with two rental properties in the Washington, DC area.As of last year, I've also started helping my father, also based in DC, make real estate investments. He is 60, had about $400,000 of ...
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Tenants of 7yrs leaves this month and is already requesting full deposit back. I explained that I had 30 days to do the accounting.
How do you guys handle these? It was like that when we moved in.That was from th...
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Greetings good people,
I'm looking for some feedback on the decision to sell or a hold a duplex I've had for 6 years. In short, it cash flows very well ($1000/month, partly because I put 40% down), is in a desirable ...
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Since CA doesn't seem like a very efficient option, I've taken to exploring my options out of state. Just from browsing the forums it seems many members recommend places like TX, GA, AZ, Vegas etc. However, I thought...
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Aloha, everyone! I've been reading through BP posts, catching Brandon's webinars and podcasts occasionally, and have been focusing on learning more about real estate investing through other avenues as well for coming...
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A lot of us our sitting on the sidelines as the market has peaked and interest rates are driving us crazy. Personally I'm still hunting for deals but realize this is going to be a difficult year to invest to make the...
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I recently listened to a podcast interview with a very accomplished and intelligent syndicator. He said that the annual return you anticipate for your investors needs to be at least equal to the rate of inflation in o...
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Just went to inspect some work and noticed they weren't using thinset to lay down the cement board under porcelain tile.
When I asked the contractor, he asked his flooring guy who had been doing tile for 25 ...