If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can?  So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio.  My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...

Hey guys! Surely this has been discussed before, but figured I'd start my own thread on this topic for convenience's sake (selfish, I know haha). 
Although my active real estate business is wholesaling, my goal is to...

I need serious input! I just looked at a Historic house in my town that has been sitting vacant for over 30 years. The family finally put it on the market and are asking $80K. The realtor thinks they would take $40K o...

This post/subject, is to help the new guy, and keep him/her from wasting thousands of hours to achieve nothing!   So to begin:  Is anybody else tired of the "You can start investing in real estate with 0 down" garbage...

Hey everyone,I live in Silicon Valley, which means I really need to look at investing out of my home state.  My dad lives in Phoenix, which is a growing market, and it seems like it could be a good place to start.  Th...

If you read real estate investment books, articles on BP, listen to podcasts or just generally find yourself learning about real estate investment then you will notice a common thing that is almost invariably mentione...

I've read a lot about the asset protection plan of buying a property in your personal name with conventional financing, then quit claim the property into their LLC.  My property manager told me he's seen people do thi...

Hi guys,
When you put your property in an llc , do you make sure that everything is in the Llc’s name (Insurance, mortgage, all the lease and rental paperworw, etc.) ?Also, when you have multiple properties, how woul...

Hey all,Is it standard to have your LLC open prior to purchasing a property? When I make offers, am I making an offer representing my LLC or is that detail irrelevant as I would just put the LLC down on the purchase a...

Hey everyone,
My significant other and I are travel nurses currently on contract renting in Redondo Beach California but we are originally from Tampa, Florida. We are complete newbies to real estate investing, but lo...