Hi I'm doing a rehab and pulled out walls of a load bearing hallway to combine two bedrooms to a master suite. Problem is a few things, the floor upstairs feels like a trampoline because the old owner who had built th...

Market Vertigo
by Cliff Draughn

"We give you a Republic; now see if you can keep it." -- Ben Franklin

As I have remarked in prior calendar-turning newsletters, it is this time of the year when most people pause ...

As I embark on this RE journey, I see on the forum that most people take it for granted that financing is the way to go. What if you have enough cash to purchase a property, are only getting deferred tax benefits from...

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2012/02/23/forecast-austin-job-growth-revs-up.html?ana=lnk

Some highlights:

19,000 new jobs are expected this year after 13,000 last year.

Unemployment rate could drop below 5...

Hello everyone, 
I've had a BP account for a while now but have never been active other than scrolling through forums. Short intro - I'm 23 and I finish my MBA in 7 days. My brief professional career so far has been ...

My husband's W-2 income is projected to be more then 150k. I've heard that it's not possible to take passive loss in that case. I am not employed currently and heard I can qualify as RE professional if certain amount...

Im about to start building my next personal residence for my family. It's going to cost around $330k. I all ready own the land, but was wandering if it's smart to put the majority of my savings into my personal reside...

You who have properties in the Smoky Mountain area (Gatlinburg, Townsend, Wears Valley, Sevierville, Pigeon Forge) and self manage from afar - what services do you wish were more available to help you manage from out ...

With apologies to J Scott - typically, my team and I refer to our houses by the street number. In this case, we have two houses side-by-side, and referring to them by the street number is confusing everyone... so we'r...