Possible Housing Market Crash based on Pending Home SalesUp to this day the US housing market has not been affected by Covid19, but now a lot of potential buyers decide against buying new houses as they a re afraid of...

Hi BP community!I have a few properties that I have had managed by a PM company.  I used to self manage and when I changed jobs, that required a lot of overseas travel and I didn't feel comfortable having family deal ...

A loan made to an individual or a business can be secured by real estate or real property. This is also called real estate lending, or trust deed investing. A trust deed is recorded, putting a lien on the Title to the...

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

I spend a bit of time reading and contributing to different forums...  Real Estate, FIRE/Early Retirement, Sailing, Overlanding - and every time I come here to BP I'm left wondering why the discussions/goals I see on ...

I just finished Scott Trench's book "Set for Life" and let me start by saying it is a awesome read and I fully recommend it to anyone and everyone.In the book Scott bashes on typical retirement plans such as roth IRAs...

Who is suffering in a market from Covid-19 so far?

Hello Everyone,

So I've just learned about the cash out refinance option while perusing bigger pockets forums, but I don't understand why you would want to do it. Using the following scenario I was hoping...

Why I'm Triggered
Every week I read stories on social media about someone’s unfortunate situation driven by the increasing cost of housing and wages that have not kept up….and I’m sick of it.
Part of me wants to mes...

I was asked deep in a buried thread to answer a couple questions about my reply in a recent post. here is the start.
I post a lot about parallel programs. There is a reason I do that. It is the best of both worlds...