Hello BP community. I’m looking to get into my first ever property as a live in duplex with a 3.5% down FHA here in Chicago (McKinley Park, Bridgeport, or Pilsen) The problem I am running into is that any properties I...

Many investors quote Rich Dad to support their contention that a HOME is not an investment.Often this is done as an argument to invest capital in their commerical real estate deal instead of buying a home. Let me also...

So anyone ever just sit on the sidelines a catch their breath a year??So technically, I do not have to buy another house in order to pay my bills. As with most things people their desire to have a higher income increa...

Hi! I would appreciate suggestions about forming LLCs. I plan on doing most buy and hold investing. I will buy single family homes and rent them out.Should I form one big LLC for everything? Or should I form one LLC p...

So the word is getting out.... Stage two bubble  is here, but I'm curious about my neck of the woods. Have any of the Florida realtors notice a slow down in the past month? 

I think the constant discussion of California vs anywhere else is intriguing. So I pose a question. Hypothetical, if a person had a  2 million dollars to invest, they purchased property with 1 million in California an...

I'm totally prepared to get my ass grilled based on the title of this thread but that's fine. Please share your honest opinions. Here is the situation:
- I'm a complete car nut. I spend a lot of my free time research...

One of the most common topics discussed on bigger pockets and other real estate forums is the decision between a property that cash flows and one that has the potential to appreciate. To take this further, I recently ...

Home sales soared nationwide in February leading many market analysts to wonder if the bottom has finally come for the distressed U.S. housing market. But it is important to note that sales also rose in December and ...