@Russell Brazil  I agree with Russ totally depends on what kind of real estate.. keep in mind that when you ask this on BP 90% of those on this site will gravitate to the only real estate is rental either sfr or small plexs or MF.. there are many many other types of real estate .take for instance in my mind one of the safest and most passive is investing in land in the path of progress.. pay cash and hold it.. nothing to it.. over time if you buy right or you buy a timber tract with middle age marketable timber species like Doug Fir or white pine  west  East  … these are very solid long term safe investments that you just make and sit and wait.some of the biggest money made in real estate though is land in the path of progress.. this keeps you immune from the ups and downs and risks of tenants.. 

Do you know of anyone doing flips on the Big Island?

I believe this would provide the quickest and largest ROI if done correctly. 

Hi to everyone in the Biggger Pockets forums.  My name is David from Baldwin, NY.  Although I've been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcasts as well as The Money show podcast for a few months, it took me a while and...

Blackstone Group is the largest private equity company in the world.

Thanks for the Info, for me unfortationally  all my properties are located in the largest county Jefferson County and they love to put out of state big investor companies so they can put the extra money in their account and if you get behind on the propert taxes 1 year they require that you pay the overbid interest amount AND THE NEXT PROPERTY TAX BILL TO REDEEM,That's a big hard ship on the common resident to come up with 2 years of property taxes and Over Bid plus 12% interest dailyBlessings to All

Best rate and largest % of equity available.

Kind of interesting looking at a larger scope of properties.For those not aware, MRIS, the MLS system in DC/MD/VA, which was already the largest MLS in the country, combined with about 10 other MLS systems to create an even larger MLS system.

I know one of the largest multi family builders on the east coast went under on that business plan due to the economy.

I went to my local realty shop and the kind woman in there showed me the values for houses in my town of Staten Island in NY.