Hi everyone!I'm Joseph (from Athens, Georgia) and found BP when listening to a ChooseFI episode 312 where Scott and Mindy discussed their book First-Time Home Buyer: The Complete Playbook to Avoiding Rookie Mistakes l...

Hey BP-ers ! I'm a newbie so be easy on me. Someone told me that the best way to build your credit is to make small payments on your credit card bill instead of fully paying it off.If that's true should I make small p...

I wanted to post a question to all of you that know the phoenix market well. I currently own a tri in Sunnyslope; it performed moderately well considering I went through all of the tenants in the first 9 months tha...

How will deflation affect the property market and what should an investor do if it does brew its ugly head?

Why are economists talking about deflation when so much money is being printed by governments all over the ...

Hey Fellow Canadians - I'm in the Toronto area and have invested (primarily Hamilton, ON) for a number of years (buy/hold, plus a few others strategies). I plan on buying in the US (for the 1st time) in the next month...

I can ask the seller to purchase a home warranty or I can back it out and reduce my loan or closing costs.  Questions:Can you make claims on a home warranty when you have renters in the property?Is there any value in ...

If I'm living in a house under a rent-to-own contract does it count as an interest in real estate? Specifically for the purpose of qualifying as a first time home buyer, assuming the qualifier is "does not hold an int...

In my most recent property the tenant had so much stuff with her and the area has some issues. I put in the lease that i asked the tenant to get renters insurance which she agreed to but i never asked for confirmation...

Hello BP Community!  My husband and I moved to Missoula, MT about 2 yrs ago and shortly after became interested in investing in rental properties.  Fortunately, I read Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover first, so we j...

Renovations and dispositions before the financial world fell apart…
As my partner and I both realized we didn’t have a lot of interest in running the operations of our real estate investment company, we began the pro...