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Hi all,
Just wondering how many people currently use benchmarks for financial or performance comparisons if you are in the real-estate business?
If so, how often do you look at these benchmarks, and where do you ge...
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"Federal Housing Administration mortgage delinquencies jumped in the fourth quarter for the first time since 2006, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday. The FHA insures low down-payment loans and is ...
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Have you used this market analysis tool provided by https://www.housingalerts.com/ and if yes, what's your feedback? I happened on this site in my quest to build a more robust understanding of how to choose a market t...
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When was the last time you stopped to work ‘on’ your business instead of ‘in’ it?As I move from simply taking in REI information to taking action with REI, I have been trying to think of a way a greenhorn like myself ...
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Most of these markets are in either Mountain or Southwest regions. How does everyone feel about these markets moving forward? Is anyone invested in these markets? Do we think they will keep appreciating?
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We have all heard of the power of “yes.” But what about the power of “no”? Recently, I read the biography Snowball on Warren Buffet.
There are many unique attributes that have made Warren Buffet one of the greatest i...
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Take off the party hat 🥳😔
The recent decision by the Federal Reserve has sparked widespread enthusiasm across markets. Realtors and brokers nationwide are celebrating what they perceive as a new dawn for increase...
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Hi, I'm a new money investor in RE trying to make some money and learn how the process goes.
My partner and I are engineers with good enough salaries, and were thinking about making an investment on a 400k property i...
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Hi BP fam, I have a question. When looking for houses on Zillow, sometimes it will say "Note: this house is not for sale or for rent. What does that technically mean? Should you not try to flip it(wholesale)? I've dri...
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Hi all, I am 25, work in New York and am looking to invest in my first rental property (probably out of state). I am fairly new to real estate investing but have been reading book after book and believe rental real es...