Hello,Quite new to all this. My wife became a realtor in March & I recently jumped on as the business development manager of a long-term property management company. Spent majority of my adult life (2 decades) wor...

I was an adolescent during the 08 housing crisis, unaware of what was happening in the housing market. From what I understand, lenders were lax with their lending standards. Lending to individuals with little potentia...

Hello All! 
I am researching a market to jump in and purchase some rental properties for buy and hold out of state. This is likely to be an area I would like to stay in long term and build a portfolio.
I did the @Da...

Hi all,    Is anyone with a vacation rental, currently using, or have you used www.guestchecker.com for verifying a potential guest in your rental? In 8 years, I've been extremely fortunate to have great guests stay w...

Hey BP,As the title says, I was approached by a 17 year old, asking if he could bird-dog and drive for dollars for us. First off, this marketing strategy I haven't touched on a "professional" level, but secondly, if u...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Make sure to take advantage of all those Black Friday deals now!A brief summary of what we have seen in the past weeks and some pointers to discuss on:- Rates have dropped ~.75% MOM  -&gt...

Oil well pump jack head.  Some tenants left it in the fireplace about 5 years ago.  It's been there ever since.  What's yours?

I purchase 2 properties on a biding site and rented them out. They are doing quite well. I am now in escrow for a hotel. I am in contract discussions with a company to complete my transitional project. They completed ...

Hello everyone my name is Stephen Manago and I have zero experience in real estate as of right now. I was raised here in Austin for the majority of my adolescent years. I am a student of the real estate world eager le...

I don't fully agree with the following article.  It does bring up some good points.  I don't know what the desired direction is to go for investors.  I do know that a lot of people breaking in to the market these days...