I recently inherited a big chunk of change. I'd rather not disclose the full amount but I do pretty well in my day job (software sales), and it's about 8x the most I've made in a year. For now a sizable portion of it ...

Hi Everyone,Just Curious is anyone picking up property in Detroit? if so why? if not why?

Salutations!Thanks in advance for any response I might receive to this question. I am a newbie. I am interested in maximizing monthly cashflow through acquiring rental properties. However, being in Los Angeles, there ...

I have noticed a lot of realtors, newbies, and even folks that have been buying properties for a while and should know better telling folks to find off market deals.  It is my strong belief and opinion that most of th...

For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...

Pittsburgh 2007 AWARDS


PITTSBURGH--Most Livable
Ranked #1 Most Livable City in America by Places Rated Almanac. The 379 metropolitan areas surveyed were evaluated in nine categories: housing affordability (cost o...

We have a young single woman who is a tenant in one of our properties who moved in fall 2012. She's a nice tenant and responsible. There was an incident a few nights ago when a big fight broke out on the street in fro...

I listened to Thursday's BP podcast #238 where guest Michael Swan talked about selling his condo in San Diego and buying a multi-family cash-flow property. I own a house in Sacramento, CA where I live, I bough it for ...

My client will be selling her LA area rental house and plans to 1031 into another investment.  She wanted a vacation rental house within a couple hours drive, but in California, the cities are banning and severely res...

First time landlord working with a property manager to rent a large, very clean, single family home in a Los Angeles suburb. What are acceptable tenant credit scores and requirements for cash reserves?  I see that my ...