So I saw the data below and am wondering, are americans fighting inflation with debt? Have incomes kept up with inflation? What will happen when the credit card companies and banks tighten their lending standards?Do y...

Jobs are back and the economy is recovering. How do you spin this doom and gloomers?

Jobs Are Back! Recovery Abounds

I travel a lot. The last 3 months I have been abroad in New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, and currently I’m in Thailand. I operate/manage Airbnb’s as my primary occupation. I like that the Airbnb platform is transpa...

President-elect Obama is considering a $1 Trillion stimulus plan.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_stimulus

I was concerned when they spent $168 Billion on those stimulus checks earlier this ...

Hi everybody-This is my first post on BiggerPockets and I have what I would guess is an uncommon question for this forum... I'm a senior at UW-Madison working on starting up the last research paper I will probably eve...

With an increasing number of mergers in the banking industry it’s no doubt that increased regulation under Dodd Frank has a role in it. Donald J. Mullineaux explores this topic more in a recent article from American B...

Does anyone know of a good Airbnb market that would be good to purchase as an investment? I’m looking to buy a beach house that would be able to cash flow in the next year or so. Ideally somewhere in Puerto Rico, Mexi...

I would like to apologize to the nation and to everyone here at BiggerPockets. Unfortunately, I must confess that I am personally responsible for the demise of Bank of America and American Express and quite possibly ...

So as many know the SB1070 was to go into place at 12:01am tonight but the judge just ruled blocking the KEY components of the law.

Law enforcement are not required to make a reasonable attempt to determine immigrat...

Mortgage Update: Outlook is not good.The economy continues to shudder to a halt. As I write, lower manhattan looks like a ghost town. My coffee shop typically turns about $1,000/day. As of 15 minutes ago, Carlos had t...