Our most successful real estate triumph has not completely manifested. We purchased 5 houses in Fort Worth, Texas (Sendera Ranch, Haslet, Texas) in 2005/2006. In each case, we used conventional financing, 20% down. Af...

I have always been using a 85% building and 15% land value for calculating my depreciation basis. Now my accountant is saying I have to use the tax basis and the county is assessing most properties in my county at 50%...

I am a newbie investor from Grand Rapids, Michigan and I am looking to get into long-term rentals in West Michigan (Grand Rapids, Grand Haven, Holland Muskegon, etc.) I have gone around and around but decided that wh...

Hello all!!  I am going to be closing on my first investment multi family housing and was curious has anyone done hard money lending for a rehab? I want to fix the property up and refinance this, live for a year and t...

Hi All,
As stated above, I am buying a 2 unit house from a seller who is a contractor. He renovated the 1st floor beautifully. I will be living in the second, and he agreed to sand and stain the 2nd floor hardwood in...

Hey guys, very long time reader here, but first time poster. I wanted to see if other experienced investors could help me on how to deal with the stress, anxiety and sometimes the fear of managing a larger portfolio o...

Hello everyone!! My name is Larry Chancellor and I am new to real estate investing. My wife and I have started our company with the goal of financial freedom and travel. I have been networking in the Pittsburgh area a...

I thought it may be useful to some of those in the bigger pockets community who are new to investing in RE to share some actual data from “C” class properties.Given all the discussion around projecting returns from bu...

Opinions please. High end appliances, Yes or No?I'm working on a Key West style remodel located one house from the Intracoastal Waterway, 6 blocks from the ocean in Florida.  The innards were shot when we bought it at...

Pretty interesting article on how accounting tricks have created funny money in tech hubs like San Francisco and Seattle that have inflated the real estate markets:https://www.redfin.com/blog/2017/09/when-even-tech......