I have been on a recent rant lately about real estate books. As we all know there are many good ones out there and many bad ones. What most of them tell us is how to buys and sell and get super rich or whatever. If th...

Hey BP fam I hope everyone is doing well. Still in the education phase of my real estate career and I have learned a lot just from reading the forums.

One area that I believe I could learn more about are House repai...

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_realestate/2009/maps/states.html

according to this prediction, my metro (TAMPA) won't hit bottom until Q1 2011. 2011!!!!!!!!!!! #6 in the natio...

Would you spend $15K on renovations to get a $305/mo. increase in rent?Let's assume that the renovations will cost $15K exactly and the rent increase is accurate.I have two condos on Oahu, Hawaii that have been produc...

First, thanks to @Douglas Dowell and others for switching me onto Glenn Mueller. His latest commercial real estate cycle analysis is here: http://www.irem.org/File%20Library/Events/IFLC/IFL...I am worried about overbu...

Hello All! I just finished book 7th book of the year. I am a little behind but I have been traveling a lot and picking some pretty long books. I might have to get a few shorter ones in so I can hit my goal of 52 books...

Hi everyone,I'm a mid-twenties engineer out of the SF Bay Area.I've been lurking the site for a few months as I've mulled the "Real Estate Option" - we're getting to that phase of the boom-bust cycle that I'm just not...

BP Community!First and foremost, I hope each and everyone of you have a prosperous Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I'm sure most of you have already heard about the FED's raising the interest rates this past week....

Im curious what you all think about what the federal reserve interest rates will be in the coming future.

Personally I don't try to predict the market especially the Federal Reserve however this is unique we seem to ...