The Orange County Register ran this article by me on 11/6/2011, and I though you-all might like it.

Debt is the worst drug in America, because it directly harms the most people.

The debt pushers have en...

I am soon going to receive a decently large cash sum (~3 Mil USD) from a company buy-out in a tech company. There are a lot of ways in my head that I have thought about investing this in real-estate. 
Is it more effi...

I have spoken with several of you by email and phone the last couple of weeks about Gatlinburg investing and the increasingly imminent recession.  I decided to write a blog post on the subject today.  Feel free to che...

Hi everyone,I'm a mid-twenties engineer out of the SF Bay Area.I've been lurking the site for a few months as I've mulled the "Real Estate Option" - we're getting to that phase of the boom-bust cycle that I'm just not...

This fall I will be starting my final year of college and plan on graduating with an engineering degree. Over the last year and a half I have become very interested in real estate investing, particularly rental proper...

I'm hoping to get some perspective from people here on an experience I'm having in current markets. I would like to put some money into a property that can bring in some cash flow, or at least break even, and I want t...

This is kinda a poll - more than a post.  I'm curious to know why more agents aren't willing to work (when they can under their broker) or why more brokers don't allow their agents to work "a la carte" - or a fee for ...

Hi BP,I'm a new real estate investor in NY. I invest in properties in Indiana.  I closed on my first rental property last month, and currently fixing up the place to hopefully rent it out soon (should be advertising s...

I need some advice on whether to accept or decline tenant. Out of state rental has been listed for little bit over 1month by renterwarehouse. So far gotten 4 applications all single mother with 2, 3, 4 kids. Most of t...

I have several agents who send me daily listings (one only sends foreclosures, the other send a mixture). If I find were to find a deal on one of these properties, put a contract on it and wholesale it - how does thi...