I'm coming up on a cash out refinance scenario and I'm a bit confused on one topic... What do I tell the lender regarding my property's estimated value when shopping around and beginning the process, before the apprai...

Hello Everyone! Happy new year!I'm considering investing in STR in Hawaii to diversify my investment portfolio (mainly for capital appreciation) as well as it being a regular vacation place for my family. My personall...

I hear a lot of talk about how it's different this time, and real estate prices won't be affected too much because everybody has so much "equity" in their homes. What people fail to understand is, why do they have so ...

I read that rents are down at least 3% in the hot markets of SF, NYC and Boston? Any landlord in these areas care to comment? If so, how does that affect the decisions to buy rental properties in these metros as the t...

I'm looking to build a basic website and was looking for some suggestions on how to get started.

I have very minimal web design knowledge, so I was thinking of starting with a basic hosting site like homestead.com, ...

I didn't want to derail the other interesting conversation about credit scores, so thought I'd pose this as a separate question.When I was renting to mainly techies and students, they often had no credit at all.  Ofte...

I got a call yesterday from a homeowner who wants to sell their home. He owns the property free and clear and is willing to sell it to me for $60k. Unfortunately, the property is currently listed with a RE agent (li...

As most of you know, Sacramento is a super competitive market right now. Every time a new listing hits the MLS, it's literally a matter of hours before the first offer rolls in (and several more after it), which makes...