In a very comprehensive analysis of "The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870–2015" from the Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco Working Paper Series, researchers concluded that housing returns were close to equity returns, but with much less risk, which may help to assuage buyer's fears of making a bad choice.The whole paper is interesting (at 123 pages!)

Students often walk/bike etc. to campus.In regard to giving notice, check your local laws.

Hello All,I paid a real estate attorney to set up a Texas Series LLC for my real estate rental business.

When I was renting out my property I would have a series of pre-screening questions (either by phone or email) which were based on my written criteria.

Redondo is awesome...I ride my bike down the beach path to there and home.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

@Alecia DowningYou might want to follow the "Deep Dive" series we're doing on our BiggerPockets blog about Metro Detroit cities, City of Detroit Neighborhoods and comparing Metro Detroit to other hotspots investors usually consider:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

For those interested in this conversation: I started a blog post series dedicated to people sharing their experience with syndication.In terms of thought leaders, Michael Blank and Joe Fairless are great resources.

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Trusts, land trusts, LLCs, Series LLCs, - tons of options.