There have been several threads recently about trying to grow portfolios past 4, 10, or X properties. It seems everyone has unique problems based on their credit, income, liquidity, leverage ratios, type of income, e...

Currently I do not have any IRA / 401k, and I have been looking at starting and depositing into one before tax day deadline for 2011.
I have previously just bought stocks and/or mutual funds

However, the more I think...

Hello BP community,I,m Carl Todd in a flip thats flopped.This post is really hard to do after reading so many success stories here. I'm a newbie investor in my 1st flip, and I'm running out of options and losing money...

Hello,
One of my tenant families is moving out at the end of this month. In the pre-move out inspection, I found the bottom part of the master bathroom door is badly rotten (water damage) and the paint there got bubb...

Hello BP!I am considering purchasing a few SFR's in the greater Cleveland area (Euclid) and I've been made aware that the owner is responsible for paying the water and sewer bill.  I was hoping to hear how some other ...

Hello!So I'm looking into purchasing 10 houses from one owner. These houses are small (7 have 1 bedroom 1 bath/ 2 have 2 bedrooms and 1 bath/ 1 has 3 bed rooms and 1 bath/ all are around 1000 sq ft or smaller.) My hus...

Perhaps someone can help clarify my thinking on a financial question.For this discussion let's assume we're talking about a $100,000 30 year fixed rate mortgage at 5% with a payment of $536.82 per month.Not that you w...

I'm new to REI. Many of the podcasts and much advice says to get started and not to sit on the sidelines forever. I've made contact with a loan officer. I have very good credit and could get together a down payment an...

There's a chance that I'll be closing on my first investment property within the next month!  However I walked the property this morning, and I discovered that the conversion of the open-air carport area into an enclo...

I apoligize if this is the wrong forum, it's the closest I could find for my question.So essentially I was listening to a few of the podcast about creative financing and I came across a strategy I somewhat  understand...