Hello Everyone!My S/O and I are currently exploring the option of investing out of state for rental properties and would like to do it on our own(by this I mean no turnkey companies).
Just for some context, We live i...

After talking with quite a few people and after reading some interesting reviews, it seems that the iPad could be a real game changer for the real estate business (and many others). With that in mind, I thought we co...

Tenants of 7yrs leaves this month and is already requesting full deposit back. I explained that I had 30 days to do the accounting.  
How do you guys handle these? It was like that when we moved in.That was from th...

I was just updating my portfolio spreadsheet and I noticed that our equity position for our portfolio just surpassed the 4 million dollar mark (the majority of which is split between a partner and me). When I saw that...

Hi all. I live in San Diego, CA where everything is expensive. I want to start investing in real estate, so I put an offer in on a 1/1 condo that I could afford (awesome location, good size, needs some aesthetic upgra...

Property Managers and their fees are an almost unavoidable part of building a real estate portfolio. But what if I told you that your property manager can charge you a fee that will actually make you MORE money in the...

Property tax increase is insane. I know you can do tax protest to adjust but it's not always successful. Some tax protest companies charge 40% of the saved amount, which is also a lot. What do people do? The past few ...

I would like to hear from several of the historians here that went through the most recent housing collapse back in 2007 through 2010 regarding what happened to their buy and hold strategy in that kind of environment....

My husband and I live in San Diego and we own a property as our primary residence. We target to buy our first investment property this year but not sure what market we should target that will generate good cash-flow w...

What steps would you take if you were in my shoes to start and build a portfolio? I’m interested in buy and hold properties, and I am just curious as to what some more experienced investors would do if they were in my...