First off, I do not own any apartment buildings and do not play an apartment building owner on TV. However, I've been starting to follow the apartment building investing popularity, listening to some of the the gurus,...

Just joined great site. 1st question: I have seen several references that banks are not allowed to keep investment property/buildings unless they are used in the course of their principle business. Therefore they mu...

I wanted to start a chain mostly for newbies who are looking for their first deal and are itching to get their feet wet in real estate. I wanted to know if you think the MLS is the best way to find deals nowadays or i...

I am 28 years old and I teach English in China. I plan to move back to the US in either summer or fall and I would prefer to buy a property rather than pay rent to someone else. 
I have:
- a good amount for a down p...

Hi all,My tenant's family member and her boyfriend (who are not on the lease) are causing destruction of property and many issues - such as damaging another tenant's property during an argument. I was wondering if any...

Hi All,I recently began my search for a multi-family property to buy and hold in NYC and have been getting caught up in the tax calculations. I worked with a couple different lenders and they didn't completely underst...

What blogs and online data sources do my fellow armchair economists follow? I like calculatedriskblog.com and http://www.lpsvcs.com/NewsRoom/IndustryData/Pages/default.aspx from the loan servicing people.

Also use...

I reside in Texas. Currently my brother is sentence to 4 yrs in jail 2012. Prior to him going to jail he had started a home modification with Wells Fargo on his home loan. I decided to move in the property to help ...

I'm working on a project with a team of other Real Estate & Urban Economics college students and we need to learn more about the housing needs of renters who are working and living in (or commuting to) cities like...

I have a couple vacation rentals that I am taking over for a company I do work for. For the ones outside of HOAs, we often just use AirBnB and get good results. However, we are starting to take over some that are in H...