On a separate thread today there is a debate about flipping versus buy-and-hold. The point was made that one should focus their investment strategy and that diversion from focus is a sign of an amateur. Others disag...

My husband and I live in Iowa and plan to move to FL. in 2 years when his son graduates. I am thinking that with real estate still low down there it might make sense to buy house now and rent it out for 2 years? Ho...

Hello all. I have a question I would like to get everyone's opinion on. I'm currently 21 years old and I have 12k +/- that I'm willing to put towards initial investing. I personally believe real estate is the best ...

This is not to be apocalyptic but to bring back to the front of people's minds a tradition that seems to have been lost recently. People used to keep pantries with significant stores of preserved food on hand in the ...

I've always wondered which investor would come out on top in the next 10 years of investing.

1. Let's say that Julio buys up $50,000 SFRs and flips them for a profit for $25,000 - $40,000 in the Dallas market. He doe...

I need some advice from experience investors. I'm a new investor that lives in So Cal.  I have 20K cash and the most I can get from a bank is conventional loan at 60K. I can't invest in California with the amount of m...

I’d like to ask everyone on BP to help provide some guidance on what my best option might be for getting started. I’ve broken my post down into key sections as there is a lot of information that must be digested t...

Been really busy these couple of months trying to get everything together and I'm happily to say everything has paid of thus far.
If you were not aware I'm a freelancer and my main issue was I could not qualify for a...

Hello BP,I plan to invest in a few buy and hold properties in Cleveland and/or Springfield, Ohio. And having a full time job, going for a turn-key solution doesn't seen like a bad idea to me.Economy of scale when fixi...