I want to buy my first rental property but I'm wondering if I should wait until the crash that is supposedly coming. I'm worried that if I buy now, my property will end up being worth half of what I paid after a few y...

Aloha everyone! I'm new to BP. I have been working as a Registered Nurse for 5 years at a hospital and my wife is a social worker for an insurance company who works mostly from home. If there is one thing I realized s...

Heres the short version for you who TLDR.I never bought a house before. Bought 2 in one day, 3 in one month. Learned all I needed to know right here on BP. Used all the calculators here on BP to figure out the deals....

Hi everyone, I'm currently in the market for performing institutional first position notes, but I'm not sure where to start. I have Dave Van Horn's book and have listened to it twice, but when it comes to actually tak...

I've been a real estate investor for about 12 years now and I've been involved in a lot of flips. I don't do upper end houses, mostly just starter home stuff. I know that there are people who frequently make 100k + on...

Michael Rogers of Chandler Properties provided the following Excel Worksheet for BiggerPockets to share with all of our members.

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Ok - Looks like the NY Post called the election for Obama . . . seems like the rest of the nets are tiptoing around it. So, I'll stand behind the Post and call it for Obama.
[UPDATE - It is official - McCain is in ...

I have been following the "Is it possible to get rich" thread, and I got to wondering, "What is my number?" I think we all have or should have a number/goal in mind to think we have it "made". I know it is always said...

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I’m a 21-year-old college student majoring in physics and economics, I am the president of the Commercial Real Estate Club at my University, and am preparing to enter the investment b...

My father died 2 years ago and left everything to my wonderful step mother. My step mother has made it very clear that the balance of her estate is to be divided 3 ways between my sister, my sisters daughter/my niece,...