Having difficulty with a property we bought at the sheriff's auction (county tax auction) in Bexar county (TX). At closing the title company cannot find a lien release from 2009 in the amount of 64K. That is drawing t...

I hear gurus say to never stoop to filing a FOIA request, but just how bad is it? How angry does it make court personnel?
I just started my journey of pulling government lists about 3 months ago. I figured I’d start...

With Obama stepping in as President, is this good or bad for the housing market? Will we see a bottom soon or is this going to continue going down?

Fannie and Freddie are obviously doing a terrible job of assessing risk for borrowers with their mounds of prescribed paperwork. Apparently the Danes allow borrowers to access loans via the secondary market directly w...

Interesting TIME article about root cause of the US financial crisis .... not sure I agree but put a different spin on what I've read and believed before:

"There is no doubt that the pressure on the U.S. financial sy...

Here is an interesting article written back in 2008. It theorized that we may end up with a deflation, which in turn leads us to a hyperinflation.

This is basically what happened in Germany between world wars.

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Hello fellow BPers.  I have been a long time reader of these forums and have picked up a tremendous base of knowledge from you, my colleagues, on this forum.  I am mostly a passive investor, and so have not had a real...

Hi, I am fairly new to the investor world and I am concerned about asset protection. I use most of my cash flow to pay down the mortgages on the properties but the more equity I have in the house the more I am concern...

Good Evening...I've seen a lot of leases where the property owner requires the tenant to show proof of Renter's Insurance.  Is this something that you do?  Why?  I guess the real question is what impact does it have o...

Hi, I am in the middle of doing an interest rate reduction on my homestead (VA Loan) through Navy Federal CU. They mentioned that I can shop for my own title company. I have normally gone with the credit union's title...