I speak a few times a year at different real estate industry events and even a few entrepreneurial conferences.  For the past couple of years, after noticing a really disturbing trend in the marketing practices of Tur...

I have found an apartment complex for sale for about 2 mil. I want it! I have no experience with commercial properties and bad credit. The place needs tlc but already has 55% occupancy. Something like 45 1 br's and...

So I have a few methods I’m trying for finding investment properties. My HELOC was just approved and processed last week but I’ve been actively looking the past few months. Method 1I look online at Realtor.com, Zill...

Hello, I'm new to investing, and with the current prices against current rents, I'm finding it difficult to get properties to cash flow. As far as I know, I am pretty thorough with the calculators. Is it just me?  Or ...

I am looking into hiring a property management company. One of the company is asking to be on the insurance policy. Is this normal?Also, if I fire them, they want a full rent commission until the lease end. Is this ex...

Hi BP! I know many people come on here and say how they purchased 20 or 40 or 60 units in no time, but I wanted to post our very realistic and achievable situation of purchasing our first 3 single family homes in a on...

Hello all, I have been reading the books and listening to the podcast for a few months and they all say that now is the time to get involved in the forums so here I am. Okay, so here is my question. I am looking at do...

Hi! My husband and I have always planned to use REI as a means for early(ish) retirement. We're in the saving phase and we're about 1/2 way to having a nest egg of 6 months of expenses. We were almost there but got si...

I have multiple single family rentals all in the same area. I’d like to diversify my portfolio and add Airbnb’s as well. I have spent 8 months to a year learning about them and I wanted to know if new/future regulatio...

So I've sent out two rounds of direct mail totaling around 1,000 letters. I've got a 1% response rate. I've made 6 offers. All of those offers were below market value and only cash flowed $100 per door (all duplexes) ...