First I'd like to wish a happy and prosperous new year to everyone and may 2016 be the best one yet!...and on that note, hi!  I should start off by helping you with the pronunciation of my name: "Swan-See". I'm origin...

In many of the BP podcasts, articles, and blogs, the idea comes up frequently that people who really have major issues during donwturns or in RE investing in general are people who buy wrong (pretty clear I think), or...

Houston, Do we have a problem?I'm wondering if the market is softening in Houston Texas.Fair warning: I'm new to analyzing. And my information is from realtors web sites. (not raw data) But the data is reported to com...

In the lending industry, there is a commonly used term called a “shopper” to describe a person who is calling every lender in town to find the best deal on a loan. Experienced lenders can usually spot a ‘shopper’ a mi...

First of all, sorry if this comes off a bit negative.  I'm posting it in the off-topic forum because I don't rightly know which forum it belongs in.Okay, so I've been doing some research into turnkey RE investing bec...

So I live in CA and I want to buy a couple properties under 50k in the next couple months. Does it seem likes its hard to get a good agent (theyre busy) when you are at a low price point. I conctacted one agent thro...

Do you reward your Residents at their lease anniversary, if so how?One of our policies is to reward a resident at their lease anniversary with a gift card to a very large national retail store in our market. The longe...

A couple of weeks ago, I was at a local car wash waiting for my truck, & I called a mortgage broker about some info I sent him to get pre-qualified for a loan. A man standing nearby overheard part of my conversati...

How do I check the credibility of a lender? What are the requirements? What are the red flags? 

Good Morning Everyone! Question: what are your most creative financing strategies? Thanks!