What do you wish you'd known before buying your first apartment building? [more inside]
posted by zeoslap on Aug 27, 2009 - 5 answers

I'm considering buying a place in Palm Springs as an investment property. I'm planning to get a property manager and put it into a VRBO type system and timeshare the place out. Is there a resource for gathering the info to research this? [more inside]
posted by escher on Aug 4, 2009 - 3 answers

Any mortgage professionals in the house? I have a question about lending standards for small-scale real estate investors. [more inside]
posted by Sublimity on May 28, 2009 - 0 answers

I will receive $30k (canadian) as an inheritance. I'd like to invest it to start getting some revenue out of it. I have a few questions. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 22, 2009 - 15 answers

Say you're a real estate investor. Say an airport in the New York region is expanding to become a major hub. What would you do? What would you buy? [more inside]
posted by Gordion Knott on Feb 26, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm about to receive $40,000. How do I deal with this much money? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 7, 2008 - 19 answers

Real Estate Filter: I am interested in buying a piece of residential real estate on the Florida gulf coast. Where should I buy? [more inside]
posted by dzot on Oct 17, 2007 - 3 answers

I am an American interested in buying property in Berlin. Do any other Americans with experience in this have any advice to offer? [more inside]
posted by suisse on Apr 30, 2007 - 2 answers

A friend and I, and possibly others, are interested in pooling resources to buy a nice Seattle home as an investment and to live in (for now). Any experience/tips/quasi-legal advice on creating a small real estate trust or corporation to do this? [more inside]
posted by hincandenza on Feb 9, 2007 - 4 answers

With the housing market slowing, where are people "in the know" putting their money so that it generates income or equity for them? How did they find out? [more inside]
posted by salvia on Jan 5, 2007 - 19 answers

Real Estate Investment group. So I've been asked to take part in a real estate investment llc, and want to know what types of questions I should be asking. What I'd really like is some examples of other groups/companies and how they're set up and ran. [more inside]
posted by striker on Nov 1, 2006 - 1 answer

I have a few questions about real estate investment. [more inside]
posted by arimathea on Aug 26, 2006 - 13 answers

I live in the Phoenix valley. Over the past three or four years, the value of real estate around here has grown tremendously... I have this friend (no, really), who's investing in real estate out here. The deal he's involved in is either very shrewd or very shady and I'd like to know what you think. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 5, 2005 - 7 answers

I have about 15,000$ saved up and was thinking of investing it in something. Whats the best thing? I want something that is SOLID and dependable so I was thinking of buying real-estate. Is that a good idea?
posted by Napierzaza on Feb 13, 2005 - 23 answers