My wife, @Sara Hodge, and I have been on BP for around 6 months now.  We own our primary residence in Orange County, California, but due to the high prices, we decided to invest out of state.  We now own two rentals (...

Vikram and others brought up an interesting topic in another thread, and because it was buried pretty deep in there, I wanted to break it out into a new thread. The discussion was about how you go about getting your ...

Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...

As we are now 8 weeks into the year, have you bought a note (or CFD)? If not what is holding you back. Have you found a mentor to work with to assist you on what is holding you back?

Does anyone have strong opinions either way about purchasing turn key properties for buy and hold investment?  Have you had success with them and stand by the model, or on the flip side, have you had a negative experi...

I was wondering if I could get some help. Found a 3 family property in Concord, NH. Just before we were going to put in an offer we were told there was a known lead issue from back in 1999. We now hesitate to put an o...

Hey Everyone, It's no secret that Americans owe over $1 trillion in student loan debt, spreading out over millions of borrows. I'm curious to hear how other successful real estate investors who were once faced with th...

Good afternoon,I've been reading a lot on this site and elsewhere about Owner/Seller financing as it pertains to Dodd-Frank, but I can't seem to find an answer for this situation (either that or don't want to believe ...