one of the best parts about real estate is that you get to leverage your money. Put down 20-25 % and finance the rest.  It makes sense.  You can't get this kinda leverage in the stock market though the stock market is...

We Are All DetroitDo you think the damage from the pending bankruptcy of the city of Detroit will be limited to Detroit? Think again. Detroit is partly the victim of economic trends far beyond its control, the down...

Against everyone's advice, I decided to do some renovations in San Antonio while living out-of-state in San Francisco. Now that I have some battle scars from this good learning experience, I have some questions
1) As...

Hello all,I'm still fairly new to real estate investing and real estate in general however, it is ALREADY down right fascinating! Now, we are all very familiar with the common "goals" of real estate but, there has to ...

Interested in learning from experienced investors in the Seattle market

I am a new landlord with 1 single family residence in Houston, TX which was built in 2005.   I just had some maintenance & repairs done to the house:- $220 to replace A/C drain pan and overflow plug.- $85 for a "S...

Writing this to encourage, not brag! In 2001, I started flipping and did maybe 25 or so. It was tiresome, while also coaching two basketball teams, and maintaining my sales manager W2 position! I switched jobs in the ...

Hi, I got a potential tenant that has a service dog. I check tenant Facebook page, her dog is a pit bull. Is it legal in all 50 states to take a pet deposit for a service dog? I usually only take $50 for pet deposit (...

Do you believe that we should be willing to  pay more tax to help house the homeless?I'm going to ask again in a minute, but first am going to tell you about 2 of my properties.Rental 1.I've owned it for  4 years  wit...