First of all, I didn't start this thread to attack the professional tradesmen, but sometimes it gets to a point where even if you want to pay someone for a job, you end up DIYing the last 10% (or 25 or 50) of the work...

I pretty regularly circle back and review my figures for prior deals to see if there are any tweaks I can make to improve the accuracy of my forecasted investment performance.I went back to the figures I’d prepared to...

I'm an agent in investment real estate. It would help to hear from investors themselves on what knowledge they value when considering buying a property. What would you expect an agent to know? What are some things you...

I have been noticing there are a lot of posts asking about can I discriminate against this or that.  I always thought of tenant screening as a job interview and I am the employer.  I would phone screen them, if they m...

I will be soon finishing up two builds on STRentals, under my LLC, in the Smokey mountains I used a hard money loan for.  The appraised value after the build will be about double what I will owe the hard money lender....

Hi everyone, just wanted opinions of this community.  I have done 3 deals using a mortgage broker recommended to me by a real estate agent (who I no longer utilize)  This mortgage broker was a little shakey on the fir...

Hey everyone!
I've been lurking around BP, soaking up everything from books to podcasts for a few months. Now, it's time to finally take the leap and write my first post.
A bit of a background: two years back, I mov...

Following are the cities where housing markets are cooling fastest.1. Austin, Texas
This metro area’s median home list price as of September: $558,275
Change in this metro area’s median home list price since June: 1...

Hello all, I've been reading this site on and off for a couple of years. Seven years ago I purchased a SFH in Aurora, CO for 110K. It rented for about 900 as I slowly paid off the mortgage.  I now own the property out...

Hello everyone, I am looking to purchase my first investment property this year and am having some trouble deciding on a market. I know to look for areas that are landlord friendly, have population/job growth, limited...