Leo Kingston
Is Home-Ownership Evaporating?
Owning a home in the United States is becoming less and less common. In fact, it’s hit a 20-yr low at the as of the end of 2014. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article: “…63.9% of U.S. households owned ...
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Boise, ID???
Looking for information about local real estate groups in the Treasure Valley. Thank you.
Bryan Price
Hard Money Loan Past Due (any red flags?!!!)
Hi All,I signed a promissory note secured by a single family home that a real estate investor intended to flip. The real estate investor has advertised on this site, and continues to advertise joint ventures and priva...
James Cerasoli
Is my property manager taking advantage of me?
Hey all,I purchased my first rental property May of last year that is a 3-unit student rental. I found a property manager through the attorney I worked with in the area who claimed he uses him on his own properties an...
Peter Lee
Tenant Proofing Rental Properties
I wanted to know what are some of the things you guys do to a property before your tenant's move in?
I'm looking for way to make the property as low maintenance as possible.
Here are some of the things I've picked u...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, July 27, 2020)
Economic Update
(Monday, July 27, 2020)
This week is a good week for real estate investors (particularly if you have a house for sale). Existing houses sales are up, new home sales are up, inventories are down...
Sam LaGrassa
HELOC or Cash-out refi
I am getting my feet wet in the world of real-estate investing. I own a condo in which my wife and I reside. We bought the property for 820K with a 80% 7/1 ARM at 2.95%; 10% HELOC and 10% down. I have since paid off...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, July 20, 2020)
Economic Update
(Monday, July 20, 2020)
In a previously unimaginable turn of events, the ...
Kristiana Kenny
Fundrise - Real Estate Investing Online
Hello, all!I've had an interest in real estate for a few years now, but was always nervous about the instability of the market to ever put money towards any REIT... until now. I've faced my fears and invested with the...
Ryan Moses
Are we seeing the last of short sales?
One of the incentives of a short sale was that you got a tax break based on an act passed by Congress in 2007.
Short sales are classified as debt forgiveness, therefore in a normal situation homeowners would have t...