Contrary to popular belief, values of real estate do not always go up. What makes it more difficult today more than ever is the economy is global. For example how many of you know that what the Japanese are doing with...

Now that you’ve chosen your ideal asset class, it’s time to move on to market selection. While there is opportunity in any market, a market with familiarity, improving demographics, and positive economic factors can ...

Hi,Curious to hear from people with STR's in this area. How are regulations and seasonality?Cheers,JJ

We may be witnessing the largest financial collapse in centuries. Take a step back and look at what is happening:

ï‚· Subprime meltdown
ï‚· Housing bubble
ï‚· Foreclosure crisis
ï‚· Bear Stearns collapse
ï‚· Country...

Does anyone else believe in Austrian Economics & follow Peter Schiff & Lew Rockwell & think that when the everything bubble pops in next couple years (we are already in 2nd longest expansion ever) that we ...

Hi all,Myself and my wife Abby are new to BP. We live in the Southern Pines area near Fayetteville, NC, where we are working on building a portfolio of single family and multi family rental properties. So far, we own ...

I work with many investors, some of which are stringent in their buying criteria (area, exit strategy, etc.). I am inquiring if there's a specific event, amount of experience or capital that made investors expand thei...

Most of the folks already know this, but the biggest economic expansion or asset appreciation happened when the Fed is expanding monetary base or when it held more securities. In the last 13 years we know the best tim...

Last week I was having a conversation with my dad about retirement. Like most people, the majority of his retirement investments are done via his 401k. I came away from that conversation thinking, “If I was in his pos...

Where I invest (college town) there is higher demand for rentals.

Other than the obvious laws of supply and demand, what other economic forces put pressure on rent prices, both up and down?

Thanks for any insight ...