Rome Xu
how to invest in bay area
right now ,the price of house in bay area is very high,should i invest?or wait for some years until the price drop?i live in fremont,thanks everyone
Bryan L.
Just Do It - Become a Realtor
I feel like I've answered this same question a thousand times. Just go ahead and do yourself a favor and become a Realtor if you plan on doing any MLS deals at all. No, it's not essential, but it will make your l...
Minka Sha
Sacramento Water Bill SHOCK
I closed on a fourplex in early June and just received the water bill and it's $711.40 for the period of June 5th to July 20th. This threw my math off. How can I get this under control??? Is this expected? I have a du...
Doug Phillips
401k Savings Plan through Work
Hi everyone,Starting in May I'll be able to contribute to my day job's 401k; up to 3% will be fully matched and then 50 cents for the next 2% (I plan to fully max out). I will become fully vested I believe too. I do...
Scott Passman
School isn't the only way to learn
I am working on a second graduate degree right now and I find myself constantly saying to my wife that "school is getting in the way of my learning!" I have found so much more value in my self-studies via reading boo...
Julie Kern
Selling my very first rental property today - here's why...
This afternoon, I'll be heading to a closing on the sale of the first rental property I bought almost 5 years ago, in November 2014.
Here is a post where I was trying to figure out whether or not to buy the property,...
Jim Wineinger
Approved vendor list
I am suprised that no one took Josh up on his offer of making a suggestion and starting a topic for this on the open forum.
My post to his Blog was as follows and any and all comments (good or bad) are welcome.
The ...
Kari M.
Collecting Rent Question
It seems that many landlords go to the unit to pick up rent. Is this to check on the property? Does anyone have the tenant just mail the rent?
Kyle Lane
How to locate emerging markets
What would one look for to identify an emerging market, either for commercial or residential investment? I'm talking about areas that haven't yet started to boom and the price hasn't started to go up. I know this isn'...
Carol Venolia
Tenants want to breed dachshunds
I have a three-unit property, and the family in the main house has a well-behaved male dachshund. Now they want to get a female to keep the male company--and they want to breed and "find good homes for" the puppies. ...