I looked at a bunch of crumbling row-houses in Baltimore today, and many of them had crumbling and cracked brick, rotted foundation, water damage and squishy floors about to give in, and signs at the door saying the p...

I recently graduated college and landed a great job. I make a base salary of 60k and then I can make up to an additional 20-30k a year in bonuses. I have student loan debt of a little over 29k at about a 4.25% fixed i...

Is it really possible to make money on rentals in Dallas and Tarrant County anymore ?
I am finding that the prices and rents have increased very disproportionately so that it's hard to hit the 50% number. I mean with...

My name is Jason Rucker and I am a RE investor from the Portland, OR area. Due to the high price of property in my area, I think I need to look outside of my local area. I am interested in building a buy-and-hold pro...

I know a few people who have shown interest in funding some of my future deals and I was wondering what was the best way to approach this from a legal/tax standpoint. Ultimately, I know I'll need to talk to an attorne...

I am a cash investor managing my own properties in CA. Due to high acquisition costs, I am limited in making the number of investment units I would desire, but do want to remain in touch with the market and genera...

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I need your help. I am planning on a 2 family with a FHA loan. I plan to live in one of the units. I have the 3.5% of the purchase price. I was informed by my mortgage consultant that I would need to ha...

I just signed a contract for a foreclosed duplex at Norfolk, VA using my VA Loan. It's going to be my very first investment and it'll allow me to have the other side pay for my mortgage while me and my wife live in it...

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My wife and I are working on our first rehab and we have some questions about interior paint. Everything I've read about painting when it comes to rehabbing says use high quality paints. With that in mind I ...

We have a property we acquired subject-to existing financing, so we didn't pay much for the purchase. The plan all along has been to hold it and rent it out. It's in a great middle-income neighborhood in a popular, af...