What's the latest analysis with regard to Dodd-Frank 2014 which comes into effect January 10th as far as how it relates to real estate investors doing options, lease purchases, seller financing, etc.?

Let me start and people can add:1. Deeding a property in their personal name to a LLC.Why, because you now have additional costs and are getting no asset protection since your LLC didn’t buy the property (and 99% of t...

I spend a lot of time in the forums, and have read lots of negative stories about property managers. I'm looking for PM stories where they did what they said they were going to do, or went above and beyond.I know @Ali...

I just finished a BRRRR just outside of Seattle, Washington. This deal had all sorts of complexity. It was an out of state deal (I live in the SF Bay Area), where I 50/50 partnered with a contractor, and got a private...

What is your definition of a "REAL ESTATE INVESTOR"? I'd like to see how youBP members define yourselves. Who do you think you are? It may sound profound or egotistical it will make a differnce in your outlook as to w...

Couldn't find a place to put this post, so I thought I would stick with Commercial since we do Self Storage and this is one of the benefits of being in Self Storage.Will take you through our Belize adventure ( its an ...

Hi all,

Firstly, I would like to ask if anyone has a good real estate attorney reference in California?

Second, can someone help me understand costs around forming an LLC out of state while I live in California. I k...

I found this to be helpful in the beginning, hopefully you will aswell ...
acceleration clauseA clause in your mortgage which allows the lender to demand payment of the outstanding loan balance for various reasons. T...

I'm the asset protection attorney out of Austin, Texas that protects real estate investors from lawsuits. What I want to know is the question you have about lawsuit protection, taxes, insurance, financing, etc. as it ...

I am a little discouraged because I hear over and over about how we find deals and how important it is to establish relationships with investors. My struggle is that I have gone to meet-up events, created a website, a...