I post this here because new investors make this mistake more than others.

I am a builder/developer in Texas. We have had a few investors invest in our neighborhoods at the advice of an unscrupulous realtor who also...

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The D&B operation is a joke. If you apply for a free DUNS #, it will take over a month and you will NEVER get any support to help navigate your account once you get one. The customer service is deplorable and all ...

I have heard of people who go after tax surpluses. These are surplus dollars , that are above the taxes owed when A property is sold at tax sale. Indiana has a company that specializes in selling a product teaching th...

On Craigslist, I saw a link in bold which led to this article:
[url] . The Link was titled "Foreclosure Help Scams" (or something similar).

How do you prevent the stigma of REI being scammers?
How do you prove that...

If I'm in the wrong forum, please tell me where. This is a problem which is going to turn into an epidemic, imo. If you haven't heard about it, you will. I've spent the last week in FL making offers on homes. I've act...

Comed Smartmeter+tenant leaving a week early and stopping all utilities early+ sump pump w/no power=disasterOk, fortunately that didn't happen to me because only 2 out of 3 events occurred, but it easily could have.In...

Everyone loves a good disaster story, right? Well, here's one for you. Someone I know owns an out-of-town rental which he purchased when his daughter was in college (cheaper than the dorms!). He kept the house after s...

I have found myself negotiating a seller financing deal. The property is in a great rental location however needs a fair amount of repairs, somewhere in the ballpark of $30-$40k. It is not currently live in ready and ...

Over the weekend I was working on my family's home and saw something that made me pause in the middle of pulling weeds. Saw a young guy walking around the neighborhood with a clipboard, looking at the homes and making...