Have any of you been in a relationship where your partner thinks you're obsessive? My girlfriend thinks I'm too obsessed with real estate and business in general. Honestly investing, business, personal finance, and en...

This actually happened to my primary residence...My neighbor recently enclosed his back yard with a standard 6' wooden fence. He added gates to each side of the house (nothing atypical here). Then he added a gate th...

Hello,real estate investors,
I have a question for those with experience pulling home equity to fund new investments. I'm considering tapping into the equity from either my primary residence or rental property to pur...

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A Cautionary Tale for Newbies and Not-So-NewbiesThis post is intended to share some observations gained from more than a decade as a real estate investor, and to offer some words of cauti...

It's been said that those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.  There's so much discussion out there about a possible crash, with many experts weighing in on both sides of the debate.  My question in...

Let's say you have acquired a rental property and are almost done with renovations. You have a PM for your other rental properties. Do you slide the newly acquired and renovated property to your PM for them to place t...

I have been working in the automotive industry as mechanic for the last 12 years.  I like what I do and I'm good at it, but it's time to get out.  SO long story short I'm getting my real estate license. I'm going to b...

I am of the opinion that people should be starting threads for sincere interest in topic or need to solve a problem....NOT for the sole intention of creating a topic as phony way to engage in networking for some relat...

What is a good cap rate on a 20 unit apartment complex close to 2 universities in a highly desirable and rentable area in Nashville, TN?  Is 6% low, 8% average and 10% high?  Forgive my ignorance but what is that base...