Blessed Sunday Morning to My BP Brethren and Sistren.

I am gettting re-started in Real Estate and doing my research to rebuild my empire (dreaming, dreaming). But I digress.

I have gotten my grocery money together, ...

New landlord here, coming up on the end of a 1-year lease for a home in Seattle suburb. The lease agreement has, written in that upon expiration of the 1 year lease that a month to month agreement would begin. The ten...

I wanted to share something that has been going on up here as I believe there are lessons for everyone, and I don’t think this gets coverage at all in the US.
Up here in Canada we have had interest rates increase at ...

Here is the multifamily vacancy chart from data gathered and reported by the NAHB.

*in case chart doesn't display you can find it here...

http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?sectionID=238&genericContentID=14910...

Although I'm not a big fan of using the Capitalization (Cap) Rate to analyze a property, it is a number used by many investors as a quick one-dimensional metric.  It is also one that is more commonly used in the comme...

I just closed on my first rent house. The tenants that are in place have been there 2 years. They appear to be great tenants. They have kept the house in spotless condition for the last 2 years and always pay on...

Below is the first draft of the business plan I created for REI.The final product will be created using liveplan.com to create a polished and professional looking plan.The only thing that I'm still working on and is m...

Hi everyone. Hope You're all enjoying your weekend.

I've recently been looking at some Fourplexes here in the San Fernando valley and most of the cap rates are looking pretty low. I've seen 1 or 2 properties that eve...

I have been reading these forums and there is a ton of great info. I'm researching buying a SFH pool home in Windsor Hills or nearby. Looking at 4-5 bedrooms and would like to stay under $350k. It seems that most on h...

I'm just curious about who's buying in this economy right now. Out of all the REI Instagram accounts I follow, it seems not a lot are actively buying. In fact, it seems a lot of people have turned to private money len...