I was looking at REIT's as an investment vehicle.  Has anyone looked at them?  How does this stack up against other forms of real estate investing?  What do you think?   Laura Klaine

Has anyone ever considered owning vacation rentals as an investment vehicle to get out of the rat race? Here are 4 reasons as to why I prefer vacation rentals over "regular" real estate: 1. You are paid by credit card. No more excuses as to why you haven't received rent yet; they pay before you ever let them in the door! 2. ...

Hello fellow real estate investors! My finance turned me on to the "Rich Dad" book series 5 years ago now, and at that time I was working in retail management. After devouring nearly every book in the series, I KNEW that my future was in real estate investing! Not long after that, I moved in with my finance, rented out my house as my ...

Okay, so I've read RDPD.  I 've also listened to most of the cd's from You Can Choose to be Rich and I'm beginning to read another how to book.  I've even went to the extent to contacting a real estate agent.  He's has been e-mailing me so many properties (two family homes) at very very low ...

Ok, I have a question about that. I am in an investment group and one of the members has a great agent she works with who understands investors and brings her great deals. I got her name and contact info. But she deals over on the west side of town and I am interested in investment properties on the east side of town (Tempe). So would she not be ...

I earned my real estate license here in Florida to assist my signigicant-other (I'm too old to call him a boyfriend) with his real estate investing.  One thing I have learned is that it is not only the agent/Realtor who needs to be an investor/investor-knowledgeable, but the agent's broker - who sets the terms for every deal - needs ...

Hi Everyone! I just read the "Rich Woman" book today and then decided to check out this website.  I must say, I have been motivated and inspired to do something I never thought I would do...submit a post :-) I began investing in real estate 18 months ago with the purchase of a 12-plex and adjoining single family ...