I'm curious to how many members were raised in homes of entrepreneur/business owners and how many are self-taught. To me it seems difficult to transition from 9 to 5 thinking (my parents) to that of an entrepreneur. W...

I am looking for information about buying houses at auctions. I have found a couple that look like they might be good buys if I can get them for the right price. Some of my questions include title searches ( how and w...

I'm completely new to BP, the world of real estate investing, and all the math and strategizing that's involved, but I'm determined to make REI a major aspect of my life in the long term. To prepare myself I've been l...

Hello BP,I’m looking for some ideas on how I might be able to make my primary residence bring in some income. Housing is our biggest cost, and we love the place and worked hard to build it up from a vacant lot 1.5 yea...

Hi there BP,

I was negotiating with a stubborn seller today. There are many times I'm not able to get a price that makes a viable wholesale deal. So I developed a fall back position based on rental comps: if the prop...

I live in SW Florida where I owe $335,000 for a house surrounded by homes forecloure specialists are enjoying profits from selling at $125,000 (in much better condition than mine), and at least another thousand brand ...

I read somewhere that when you are remodeling a house to rent that some of the repairs actually can be written off in the year in which the remodel takes places and that it all doesn't have to be included in the cost ...

After re-reading Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant, I have a renewed focus of increasing our passive income from our investments. Up to this point, my main focus has been on increasing our net worth. Right now we are gener...

Hello fellow Cape Codders! I'm so happy BP finally created a sub-forum for Cape Cod in Massachusetts, so I thought I would get the ball rolling and make the first post. Are other people interested in getting together ...

Hello All,
I am interested in knowing the Ins-and Outs of rehabbing houses from someone that has done it before. I am a DIY Guru but, want to know the nitty gritty of the entire process from start to finish. I am in...