Today is Thanksgiving. Lots of time to talk shop, politics, or real estate investment with family and friends. I just spoke to acquaintance of in law, and he mentioned purchasing home within a year. I spoke to him abo...

I keep running into articles about people who live an extreme austere life styles and do not work full time. (I call dibs on idea for the reality show featuring that life style).  I do not want to eat ramen noodles 6 ...

Market Vertigo
by Cliff Draughn

"We give you a Republic; now see if you can keep it." -- Ben Franklin

As I have remarked in prior calendar-turning newsletters, it is this time of the year when most people pause ...

The more I read and learn about investing, according to the bigger pockets strategies, the more questions I have.Wouldn’t renting in a low economic area, where homes are selling for under $100k, wouldn’t that also inv...

Hey everyone, I recognize this is my first post, however I have been a lurker and avid blog reader here on BP for a couple years now. With that being said- I recognize that I am not asking or begging for anything. Thi...

I'm trying to take the approach of having my money work for me instead of the other way around. The struggle, however, is balancing what looks good on paper with what I want to do; being disciplined and careful, but n...

In the process of purchasing my first turnkey property out of state.  Just got the home inspection report, and it sounds like a disaster.  Water damage on the ceilings, wood rot, old HVAC, questionable roof, dead mice...

Ok BP friends...I've spent quite some time analyzing this deal. I still have some due diligence to do like go out and take a contractor on the property to see if it needs any fixing up. First question to that...should...

I selected this forum because I want my story to be a successful one. But I doubt it.. And really today I feel like I want to give up.

In 2003, I came to the US through a work visa. Apart from job, I dreamed of esta...

I have read the other posts on this topic but I seem to be getting screwed right now and it is a little different then anything else I have read, I rented a house to this young couple in Pittsburgh and they did ask ab...