Bill Gulley posted in another thread that he'd rather have "5 150K properties than 20 32K properties, all things considered. Generally, less maintenance, less management efforts, fewer collection problems, less vacanc...

While its only a couple hours old, everyone probably hasn't had a chance to fully digest it, and isn't finalized... does this new tax plan help real estate investors?  A couple key areas that have me concerned;Let me ...

I've been debating this for so long and I just can't decide what's best. I live in Greater Vancouver, Canada.. Would it be best to invest in a non-appreciating duplex that cashflows well (in Saskatoon or Edmonton- com...

Today is Thanksgiving. Lots of time to talk shop, politics, or real estate investment with family and friends. I just spoke to acquaintance of in law, and he mentioned purchasing home within a year. I spoke to him abo...

Hi BP members! I'm an aspiring multifamily investor from Memphis, TN. Currently in the learning and information gathering stage, I am trying to wrap my mind around the major differences and opportunity costs between c...

A lot of the time i feel like beginners lose focus because they're "why" for getting into REI (or lack there of) is not as strong as it could be. In my opinion, a persons "why" is the reason for going through the most...

So I get investors reaching out to me everyday and it goes like this:"Hi, I know you offer turnkey properties and property management and am interested in the Toledo market, I don't want to buy turnkey but was hoping ...

I recently (...like an hour ago :mrgreen: ) went through this thread exploring the old argument between the cash flow guys and the appreciation guys.More specifically MikeOH and Nationwidepi (Mike and will) and off co...

I have had a interesting discovery recently. At the end of last year, I was finishing updating my financials and I realized that my networth had reached over 1 million dollars. That had been one of my financial goals ...

I am a relatively new buy-and-hold RE investor at age 24 who is looking to make a career transition and who needs some advice. My long-term goal is to go full-time as an investor, but in the short term I of course nee...