So I want to throw something out there to see if it's just me or if anyone else notices the same thing.  I see posts all the time where people are hating on wholesalers that tie up a property and then never close beca...

I apologize in advance for my lack of knowledge on this subject. This is the first manufactured home on property that I have attempted to find secondary financing for. Here is the current situation. We own a large man...

Wanted to ask if anyone has any ideas for how I can finance a duplex.

In a nutshell: I've got excellent credit (750) and 20K of savings. I figured I'd be in a good position to pick up a duplex down the street, but ha...

Is it realistic to do a flip working a nearly full time job if I can find a reliable general contractor? I am preparing and researching for a local flip in Baltimore, MD in the near future. I can make my own hours for...

What can a buy&hold guy do to shave an extra $100 off monthly expenses without taking on additional work for himself? Tips I've gathered so far are a combination of the following: challenge property taxes, shop fo...

In today's post, I want to use experience I've had in two fields that I really love: databases and real estate. Specifically, with databases I want to go over new techniques using more data and varieties of data as it...

Someone sent me this email so I wanted to post it less as much of the political spin as I could subtract as possible to get a sense for how much of it is accurate. Here are taxes that will be coming for 2011 accordin...

This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.

When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...

Hi everyone. I am brand new to the Bigger Pockets Community but love the info so far. I am selling my business and will have at least $100,000 cash to get me started, plus ongoing payouts over 4 years that cover my fa...

This is for the new investors just getting started. How should they go about approaching private lenders for capital to purchase property? Which would you say should come first? Find the deal first or find private len...