I have been trying to educate myself on the advantages of a Self-directed IRA vs Roth IRA.  My curiosity was peaked when I listened to a Podcast recently about a gentlemen that purchases "investment properties" with h...

To start out my boyfriend Neal and I have only been dating for just over a year.  When we met we knew our backgrounds gave us a lot in common.  What we didn't realize is where and how quickly it would lead us.  We bot...

Hi, my name is Bryce Caron and I am an IT Administrator from Epping, NH. I am completely new to REI and looking to learn everything I need to know to be successful. At the moment my wife and I are in the process of pu...

I am graduating from college in a few weeks and start a full-time job in Chicago in July. As I start investing in real estate does anyone have advice for investing on the side of their full-time job? Do you mostly foc...

Hey BP Community, hoping you can help me out...The Set Up: Buying my 2nd buy-and-hold rental property, and this time I've found a relative who's willing to lend me $75k to finance the deal.  Having never done this bef...

This is not to be apocalyptic but to bring back to the front of people's minds a tradition that seems to have been lost recently. People used to keep pantries with significant stores of preserved food on hand in the ...

I'm bored to death sitting in Quito. That is in Ecuador, on a LONG flight delay. I just put a deal together to sell a foreign property I wasn't counting on and it should net a fair amount.     I've always tried to ...

Whether you're a fix and flipper or landlord investor another type of real estate investor, what are the current resources you are utilizing to get your deals funded? 

The Snowflake Investor is a problem, mainly to himself or herself. The Snowflake Investor gets so emotionally attached to a deal that they can't see the forest for the trees. And just so BP doesn't break again, yes, w...

Hey yall! I just turned my first house into a long-term rental and bought another home to reside in. Im looking to purchase my next rental within the next 6 months. What advice would you give me for my second rental? ...