I have a seller verbally agreeing to sell me an 8-plex for $265K.  I have NOT had an appraisal done, but I can't imagine it would appraise for less than $300K. I thought the seller was interested in owner-financing th...

I rarely open the auto forward emails I get from MLS criteria I setup with RE brokers.  Opened this one on Tuesday and saw a house for sale, built in 1997, 5 Acres partially zoned agricultural, 3 bed, 2 Bath, New Pool...

Hi! I'm new here and have a question for landlords... have you or would you hire a property management company? Why or why not?

I live in San Diego, it is expensive to invest in real estate here.  I have friends that have cash, and would love to do what I do but don't want to do it themselves.  (I have rentals in my hometown and surrounding ar...

Just getting started in really taking a hard look into real estate investing. Came across the concept of House Hack and wanted to solicit expert opinion from this forum.I grew up with the mind set of never leveraging ...

TL;DR: State Farm just gave me full access to my uncle's State Farm account without his permission or knowledge. We have no assets in common, except we share names, partially (he is Ben, I go by Benjamin). I can see/e...

I am looking at buying a 5 plex in a very small town. It is about 15 min in between two other towns that have a population of 4000 and 8000. They are asking 100000 for it and it gross rents equal about 2250 a month. T...

I have an opportunity to buy 7 long term rental condos in a strong rental area.  Broker said he can get me a loan for 70% of the purchase price at 5.99% and then pull the other 30% from 3 units I currently own free an...

I have several properties, a mix of multifamily and single family homes. 4 of the properties return 20% or better monthly cashflow on my down payment, but 1 of those is because it is paid off.

I have 3 sfh: ...

Has anyone allowed tenant to put down low security deposit and pay as you go to the full amount? For example security deposit $1000 they put down $200 and pay extra $100 a month towards security deposit.
Would like t...