I'm looking to get into real estate and trying to find the best option. I figure I'd try to aggregate the best advice from people with more experience. What are your recommendations for someone looking to get into rea...

I'm just posting this as a warning for newbies.  Obviously, no one can predict the future and no one knows what's going to happen next year, the year after, etc.  But most apartment markets are at or near the peak in ...

I'm trying to continue the good discussion on the "Housing crash" thread that @Greg R. created few months ago and had the number one posts in the history of BP including a very insightful post from @James Hamling. But...

Hello BP world,Been away for a long while. A bit background: I've been investing in real estate for approx 10 years now and have a small portfolio of single families and multi families. While it's doing ok in aggregat...

I've lined up my first property that will cost me $85,000. I'll be putting down 20%. This is a 3 unit property and it will not be owner occupied. I have about $350k in equity in my primary residence. Should I just...

Should I invest in the Northern Illinois area, specifically western suburbs of Chicago? Long term I don’t feel like Illinois is headed in the right direction with high taxes and budget issues. I’m aware that each area...

Any advice on how to research vacation properties? I’m looking for a lake house property to have for ourselves and rent out when we aren’t there. I’m currently tracking properties that have sold in the last 90 days wi...

Came across a non collateral loan offer ( work as a physician and got a letter from a firm offering 50 K -200k for personal / professional use). Was Offerred rates of 5-6.5% after few phone calls, with early return pe...

So I have been researching crowdfunding Hard Money Loans and I found Ground Floor. There are 2 types of investments, one thru LROs and another is Notes. I was not able to find any info in regards to their risks in cas...