The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...

I just completed my first deal after years and years of taking no action.  It's not a homerun, but it's my first and I'll take it. I bought a REO from the MLS with a partner.  We were originally looking at cheaper con...

I’ve always been the laziest person I know. By far. From childhood, I never really saw the point of having a job. I knew some people didn’t have jobs, but made a ton of money and did whatever they wanted. I just figur...

Short Term Rental Arbitrage analysis
This topic keeps coming up recently recently and I feel like a broken record, so thought I would post about it and share how I run an analysis on a potential arbitrage deal, and h...

I'm preparing to show an apartment to several potential tenants tonight and I'd like to run credit/background checks on anyone who applies.From the services I've explored, it seems your average suite of reports comes ...

I need some strategies, how can I buy 2 property every year for 10 years.

So it appears that the GSE model is officially being declared dead by the Obama administration and is nearing major reform from what I am reading from a number of sources. Any thoughts on what this means for us going...

Let’s deep dive on this, I really want to hear both sides of this. Let’s keep it positive and may this be a start of a conversation. What is the morality of owning a mobile home park, specifically to those of a lower ...

Hi Everyone!First off I want to thank everyone on BP for being incredibly supportive! I've mostly been browsing the forums and binge watching the podcasts, but  the few people that I've already reached out to have bee...

As someone looking to buy their first buy-and-hold investment property sometime within the next year or two, it's really disheartening analyzing properties in my area. I live in San Jose (right in the heart of the ...