Good Afternoon military BP,I’ve been trying to educate as many fellow military members on real estate investing and how to maximize the VA loan to get in the game. I don’t know if it is just a military thing but we ha...

Fed Rate Goes Up. Mortgage Rates Go DownMortgage rates moved just slightly lower today, despite the long-awaited Fed rate hike. Once again, that's LOWER mortgage rates and a HIGHER Fed rate. Here's how that works: The...

Sharing with this forum - today's featured article I wrote for BiggerPockets all about DSCR Loans:In recent years, a fairly new loan product: Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) loans, has become enormously popular wit...

Throughout the BiggerPockets platform (eg, forums, blogs, etc.), members constantly reference books and podcasts that have had a tremendous impact on them.  Some are about specifics like wholesaling, turnkey, buy and ...

Hello BP!As I continue my REI journey my circle of "friends" has begun to shift. Many of you have heard the sayings "You are a reflection of the 5 people you hang around." and "Surround yourself with like-minded indiv...

In 2007, I met Carol at our local REIA. She was 63 years old, living in a $1500 a month apartment in downtown Minneapolis, and beginning to fade financially. She had spent around $30k on getting a "eduction" in Real E...

I'm a newbie here getting ready to pull the trigger on my first deals but struggling a bit with analysis. I've got a hot market in Atlanta and there are a lot of distressed properties and lots of opportunities to eval...

What would you recommend a starting real estate agent to dive into first, commercial or residential properties and why?

If you are thinking about passively investing in a syndication deal, choosing the right sponsor is more important than the actual deal. The most obvious reason is you want to make sure you are not investing your hard-...

So I am looking into moving out of state. I own a home in Missouri and I'm planning on moving to Houston area. I've owned this house long enough that I can get another conventional or FHA low down payment, but I don't...