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Economic Update
(Monday, October 19, 2020)
At its core, real estate is a people business, and being kind to people is a business approach that never goes wrong. Being kind builds a positive image. It earns trust...
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Five years ago I began my journey as a real estate investor. Since then I have also branched out into other assets such as angel investing, note investing, and fund investing. In comparing common "real estate dogma"...
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Hey all! My wife and I have been patiently waiting to buy in this crazy Denver market for a while now. We want to buy a primary residence in the Ken Caryl/Littleton area in early spring 2023 with the intent living in ...
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The most popular question in these forums is some variation of "How do I get started investing with no money?"In Episode 234 of The BiggerPockets Podcast, we hear from @Ryan Murdock , an agent and investor who tells h...
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I'm about to buy a property that is a short sale. My question is that I'm still debating whether or not to buy and hold or to flip the home. I already have the math figured out on both ideas, but my question is...
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I have notice that many (majority) banks don’t like to lend on a property less than 75k. If that’s the case what happens to those that try to purchase properties that are less than 75k? For example in markets like: De...
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I hear a lot of talk about how it's different this time, and real estate prices won't be affected too much because everybody has so much "equity" in their homes. What people fail to understand is, why do they have so ...
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I am hesitant to write this post because I don't want to brag about my successes (it's really a team effort). Besides, the kind of money I've made on this deal is just the sum total of headaches and aggravation and ti...
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18,000+ people have signed this petition: https://www.change.org/p/airbnb-airbnb-breach-of-contract-class-action-lawsuit-violate-cancellation-policies