Something I used to believe whole heartedly, several years ago was that the 401k is a scam. Tons of books on Real Estate preach that to the masses, which can unfortunately be terrible advice for those in the middle. B...

Hello all,Right now, I currently have all real estate assets and no money in stocks. I met with a financial advisor yesterday, who is a trusted friend-of-a-friend, and suggests I put a chunk of money into tax savings ...

This forum is not to be used for politics.   However this proposed plan is squarely about landlords and renters.   So without saying anything about the candidate I thought we could discuss the plan and some of the mor...

                                                     Economic Update                                           (Monday, November 30, 2021)
The shortened Thanksgiving week was a relatively quiet period for our econo...

Does anyone actually use purchase options/tenant buyers/seller financing or any combination of creative financing in today's marketplace? I have read about all of these, but the books were written during the height o...

Interesting article in the NY Times today about how a lack of young first time home buyers is affecting the market, either by them being shut out or just choosing not to buy homes.Tight lending standards and shortages...

I just read the Housing Wire article stating they are going to extend FHA Forbearance into December 2021 for “certain borrowers.” Stuff like this is why in my humble opinion everyone holding their breath for 2021 to l...

I have been involved in real estate for nearly 50 years and have always been very positive about the future. I started at a very young age buying real estate and investing in more and more as decades went by. If I was...

Hello, I am 22 years old and started investing into a Roth IRA last year. Since then, I found bigger pockets and what real estate has to offer. How have you decided to balance your type of investments? Theoretically, ...

I know this may be a weird question to ask on a real estate forum (Im thinking the vast majority of responses will be pro real estate), but I wanted to get some different perspectives from the BP community.  I current...