First, thank you to the BP community for all the helpful knowledge and insight. I just discovered this amazing resource last week and have already learned so much!I am hoping to purchase my first rental property in th...

My parents are getting ready to retire in less than 5 years. Dad is going to a lot of retirement seminars but most of them are after his 401K & pension money. Mom is an investor in heart, so she's been eager to ge...

Please tell me how you are doing it!

I am struggling to see how this can be done with less than 20 pieces of property that have a positive cashflow of $200/mo each. That would put someone at $4,000 a month which cou...

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I for one believe we're not going to see a real estate crash anytime soon, and I firmly believe in the power of pessimistic thinking. But I'm also not wholly ignorant of all the aspects of this busin...

Here's a chart that I saw today from a reliable source. It shows the total debt of households, businesses and the government. There are two things that are quite clear from the chart:

1. Total debt has increased e...

I am looking for a company that will send yellow letters in Canada.  I have created my own list.  Just need to find a company that will at a minimum print yellow letters/post cards for me.Let me know if you have found...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published the results of research conducted into how lenders are likely to be doing their business in the future, and what new information and personal data these companies pl...

Hi Friends,I’m looking to buy a SFH in the Los Angeles, CA area specifically in South Pasadena, Pasadena, or Monrovia area. This home will be used as a primary, but potentially converting into a rental investment in f...

I moved to Cleveland about 10 months ago. Previously, I lived in the UK for 9 years. So in the USA, I have very little credit history and very little employment history - but what I do have for both of these is good.I...

I am a new member from Los Angeles.  My wife and I just bought a condo together in West LA, so I do not have much money at this time for investments. Because I am not very liquid at the moment, I am designating a lot ...