One thing Brandon preaches a lot is growing your portfolio. Buying 1 small multifamily opens the door to buying another and then another, until eventually your portfolio reaches over $1M. Ideally, you should be making...

What is everyone preference regarding having the option to own a handful of properties out right verses having a much larger portfolio with the debt that comes with it? Or do some people opt for a mix of both?I assume...

Hi everyone,Perhaps a subject beaten to death, but I have a personalized question about how to decide toward what niche I should put my efforts ... in the beginning.I want to buy-and-hold.  I feel this very personally...

I sure have a knack for running into some unscrupulous charters in this business. Many of you are familiar with my nightmare documented in the "Occupants from hell" thread. Well, I have yet another story to tell.I hav...

I'm a newbie, and recently attended my local DFW Real Estate Investment club this Saturday. I heard this interesting idea about a buy and hold philosophy in relation to vacancy:

Most investors don't own enoug...

Hi Everyone,

I have a tenant who is becoming a royal pain in my neck. She does not allow anyone to enter the premises for purposes of making repairs or inspections (required city inspections that is) unless s...

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...