I am trying and trying to subsribe to the 50 % rule but am unable to do so. I live in a small town most of the year and the Black Hills arent hit as much as the rest of the nation. Houses listed here arent selling l...

Make Sure You Get This One Right
By Niels C. Jensen

There are those who sweat over every decision, worrying about how it will affect their lives and investments. Then there is the school of thought that we should f...

The 2% rule  TEST is a quick screening tool for rentals. It says:"The monthly rent should be about 2% of the purchase price for a rental to be a good cash flowing rental"I really don't know when People here started us...

Afternoon BP Community. Listening to several podcasts and reading many blog articles, there is a constant debate on whether someone should contribute to a 401K or take those contributions and direct them to RE. Unless...

To many people the idea of being constantly watched and monitored may not seem like anything new. Minorities, in general, have never been so trusting of the powers that be to think that they wont abuse said power in t...

When we purchased our 3 unit bldg together (newly married) in 2006, there not yet any red flags of the pending housing crash that reared its ugly head that very same fall.  Some say 2008 but this part is not impt to t...

This article in the Globe tells the absolute truth about what Account Closed - do we buy into the upswing and thus speculate on the power of the wave (and in the process overpay relative to fundamentals), or do we con...

I several questions for any investors who have experience with pre-fabricated/modular/shipping-container type of homes. (Single family or Multi-Family).I'm considering the idea of buying a vacant lot in any given Denv...

I am 50 and have a goal to replace my income, or at least a lot of it by 60.  My wife and I have strong W2s and are closing on a 300K HELOC this week.  We are in process of building an Airbnb (Den Modern Cabin in Adir...