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19 March 2009 | 5 replies
Please feel free to contact me or ask me any questions, I enjoy being active on forum boards and create and open up topics on subjects we all enjoy
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29 January 2009 | 2 replies
The area had a large amount of foreclosure activity but is starting to stabilize.
8 May 2009 | 8 replies
If you are required to be "lead hazard free" you may need to engage a lead hazard assessment company which charges a few hundred dollars.
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2 February 2009 | 2 replies
Just want to see if there's any active members out there from the Pittsburgh, PA area that would be interested in exchanging information, ideas, goals, ect.
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8 September 2009 | 33 replies
As I'm posting this...I see that I still have an active profile and would very much so consider myself apart of the BP community.
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3 May 2009 | 62 replies
I consider investing to be activities where income is generated primarily by the input of capital and ownership of an asset, rather than via your efforts, ie from rental income and capital growth.
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16 March 2009 | 3 replies
Over the past weekend something woke me out of my 'paralysis of analysis' (as I've heard someone put it) and I'm now actively going to start my investing career.
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27 June 2009 | 32 replies
The ONLY activity we discuss here I would really consider investing is owning property.
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7 February 2010 | 8 replies
I was going to recommend getting a product called "Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler," you can find it on Amazon.
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18 March 2009 | 26 replies
You can profit from "secret activities" too if you just don't act like 90% of the sheeple out there.