I am new to the forum after reading a lot of valuable posts. I have a question on what my desired rental income should be (including my own 'rental' costs for living in the property) and the applicability of the 2% an...

With interest rates being so high, I'm kind of stuck in my primary residence, unless I REALLY want to stretch things to only get into a slightly bigger home.  So, I am considering adding a 2nd level to my 1 story home...

Hello all .. I'm new to the forum and my wife and I are beginning to pursue real estate investment .. but we're unfortunately not rookies.  I wanted to see if perhaps anyone had any other ideas with a situation on our...

I just got an emailed from a lender i work with:

If you noticed from the bulletin that I sent you it stated that FHA is shutting down accepting any flips less than 90 days effective Jan. 11, 2011. Going back in time,...

I bought a home in bay area fifteen years ago for 750K. Lived there for many years and left to LA about 18 months ago and rented to someone as soon as I moved. I sold the property a couple of weeks ago for 1.65M and I...

Hello, in the next year or so I will have 50,000 saved to buy a rental with cash. I have almost all of my consumer debt paid.  Are there any advantages such as owning a property in your name? The only thing I see I wi...

Could anybody help me understand what a “good deal” would be for me here in Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN. I have a couple properties I’d like to know the numbers on. I’m looking to cover most of my mortgage with cash fl...

Hi! I've saved a solid 20% down payment with the plan of purchasing a duplex, intending to rent for additional income. Trouble is, I'm being told by local bank morgage officers that since we have never owned a propert...

I recently visited a new development and spoke with a sales agent. They said we could lock in the price of a soon-to-be-built lot (9 months, SFH) for 3% (house and land included). This got me thinking. The area (in Fl...

We have an OOS property and the property manager is supposed to deposit the rent on the 10th of the month.  How quick is your rental income deposited?  I didn't realize that the rent deposited in the previous month.Fr...