First of all, i want to thank everybody in advance. I am grateful to find this forum because my family has been in extreme stress over the past few weeks.
Background is that we relocated from Houston 1.5 years ago to...

Disclaimer:  I am not a believer in ghosts.
We owned a cabin on the Roaring Fork River in Gatlinburg that was over 200 years old.  We bought it in 2010, and it was called "Riverhaven" at that time.  It had a history ...

I am curious what everyone considers to be the best aspect of investig in real estate. There are so many different strategies, benefits, and learning opportunities, I just wonder what you think. I'll start and hope...

Hi All,This may be a newbie question, but what tools would you consider "must haves" when planning to do at least some rehab work yourself on properties. Think painting, some flooring, replacing vanities/toilets, putt...

In looking at rental properties with a realtor, he mentioned the rule of thumb of looking for something with gross rents of at least 1% of the purchase price. What are your thoughts on this? Do you use this rule? If s...

Hi All, so I recently purchased a house from a wholesaler as a flip project. The house is located in Effort, PA (Poconos area). It is complete now and was listed for sale on 10/01 for $259,900 which seemed about right...

I have some money to invest but just recently started thinking of being the "bank" instead. I've never looked into it so I don't know much about it from the lender's pov.All I know is I am interested in doing short te...

I'm in my data gathering/learning stage and yet to do a deal (except the three homes I've owned and a few business deal/leases.) In any event I'm talking to people in my local market and those in real estate (agen...

#askBPI have $30k saved and ready to use.  Is there an advantage to using this to pay down my current (primary) mortgage and then getting an equity line of credit, or should I use this strictly as investment capital? ...