We are currently living in a townhome, my wife is due to have our second child in a month or two. Hence we need a larger place.

I'm torn on weither I can rent out our current townhome or if I should just sell it. I ...

I just received a call from my banker telling me that this policy would be effective on June 29 2008. This really slow down a lot of new investors like me. Does anyone know if this applies for the whole lending indust...

As everyone knows foreclosures have skyrocketed in the past months. I think that it would be good for Realtors to help those in need.

In my reading, I've come across the suggestion that an ideal situation/purchase of investment property is one in which the seller finances the purchase. But doesn't this go against what most sellers are looking to do...

Okay I did a search on him on this site and another RE forum and didn't find much. Anyone ever read his material or take his course? The guy is funny as hell IMO but that could be a marketing thing that I am just fa...

so this morning I had my very first probate seller appointment. I thought it went very well as to building rapport and trust etc.. As you know nothing can be done until letter testamentary has been given which is a fe...

I've spent the past couple nights stuffing envelopes and watching REI videos on YouTube. I'll bet I've watched 50+ videos, and I know I'm up to 800 letters.I was going to send out 1000 "I Buy Houses blah blah" letters...

So I have 2 tenants that are from out of state from where I am at. They both recently got jobs and they made the trek out here to look at a bunch of places. They decided they wanted to go with us and after running the...

This is a great example of how "saving" a little money by neglecting maintenance can cost you much more in the long run. If your rentals are well maintained, you'll get better-quality renters, they'll make more effort...

Because the real estate market is so hot right now, we are looking in multiple markets for our first STR purchase - all of which are outside of our immediate area.Do you see any issues with us using a local (to us) le...