Hello BP Members,I signed up for upcoming CCIM CI-101 Course starting tomorrow (Monday October 12) in St. Louis. I have been investing in real estate since 2007 and acquired my Realtor / Broker license in January 2013...

First of all, I am a new real estate investor. My general strategy is buy-and-hold. I live in crazy California, so my real estate world is pretty bizarre.But, I think that a first time investor should think about star...

Wondering how people treat this scenario:- Good looking asset and well maintained exterior- Appreciating area (+$3k-$5k per month in zillow value)- Currently owner-occupied, owner has been 100% unresponsive through FC...

My business partner and I have been trying all week to purchase our first investment property since 2005, and we have run into a strange problem: Wholesalers want to assign their contracts to us, but they don't want s...

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Hello All, I'm new to the forums and am interested in owner occupying a 'plex (2-3 units most likely). Prior to discovering BP I assumed the only rules for successful renting were to not have vacancies and not to take...

I have to admit--I am sooo nervous about buying my first rental property.I spend hours on the MLS, look at properties left & right, analyze until my eyeballs ache—but I still haven’t been able to work up the nerve...

Lately I've been contemplating a cash out refi on my primary residence (because of the 5% rates); I was reading some old forum posts on refinancing and thought about this:

Why would someone cash out refinance in or...

If you had $1m...Would you rather1. LEND ITat 7% interest 1st TDs or 15% 2nd TD with equity, or whatever you have agreed with the Borroweror 2. LEVERAGE ITAnd use portions of the $1m as down payments to acquire other ...