I'm curious if anyone has opinions on whether it's better to use local people, like maybe a private investigator for tenant screening?? Or are the online services complete and trustable?

I bought my first SFR and h...

Hi Friends,I'm new to real estate. I was thinking about getting my real estate license. Can you recommend anywhere fast and affordable? Is online as good as in person?Thanks,Laurence in Los Angeles

So over the past 4 months I have been working on my first 3 low-income rental deals.  Here's how it's going so far. Deal 1-33K 3Bed 1Bath 1300SqFtI found this property through my realtor.  It had just popped up on the...

First I'd like to say this is not a paid advertisement for either company and is my own personal opinion, that I'm sharing for your entertainment porposes. Now, like most of you l look for products tools and resources...

Hi everyone! Im new here and looking for any advice from the "pros" I can get. My name is Josh and by day im a service manager for a 240 unit apartment complex. My wife and I just recently bought an REO for 62k and di...

Hi,I use two techniques to financially evaluate notes:1. Through the RATE() function in Excel, without considering the costs relating to the note2. Through an Excel sheet that i built that takes into account servicer ...

Just giving input to an investor putting their plans together on a new location.  Thought I would share.  I am not showing their original comments, so some of my comments might seem out of the blue.Our security guy ju...

Hi All,I’ve noticed a decent number of multi family units that are listed for sale on Zillow or Redfin etc will have all of two exterior pictures and then a very brief description of the units themselves and then say ...

Hey guys looking for some insight! Any and all info is greatly appreciated thank you. So I just purchased my first rental property cash. Reason being I'm currently working on a mortgage for my personal residence and d...

I am back to a conflict of strategies.  Cheap townhomes/condos vs quadplexes.  In my area I could buy 4-5 townhouses for the same cost of a single quadplex.  The lower end townhomes would be a bunt to get on base (for...