Fannie Mae is increasing the DTI to 50% starting July 29th. America's largest mortgage lender is making it easier to buy their first home.

In the last housing bubble, just about anyone with a pulse was approved for ...

What does the BP community think about 1st lien HELOCs as a way to free up equity in your primary home for investment purposes? If anyone has gone through the process, can you give any advice as to whether you recomme...

I have felt drawn to investing in Mobile Home Parks partially because I feel like it allows me to have an impact by providing affordable housing.What I want to know is if there is a real solution to the unaffordabilit...

I purchased my Los Angeles (Compton) 4-bedroom home in 2013 for 240K; according to Redfin, it is now worth 686K. 2 years ago the entire house was completely renovated (Insurance claim) due to a burst pipe that caused ...

Just got a call from DBPR. That is the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Florida. They regulate licensed and unlicensed activities. Their call was in relation to an unlicensed broker complaint I fi...

So my question is what is the real upside if there is an upside to buying property out of the country?I’ve seen a couple of posters that advertise directly or indirectly about different projects internationally. I’m a...

I get asked about the BRRRR strategy all of the time and honestly don’t know if anyone that’s done it in my market where the property cash flows afterwards. It sounds great. Keep using the same money over and over. It...

There are only a few remaining markets where real estate investors can get double-digit returns on rental property. There are even fewer markets where you can get high cash flow AND high appreciation. Thankfully, we k...

In talking to people and reading various posts online, I see a lot of confusion and varying opinions on ROI vs. ROE vs. IRR vs. Cash on Cash. For example, some people think that in the first year when you purchase t...

I recently came across a new strategy that I don't quite understand and it sounds too good to be true. The principal is simple. Use your heloc to pay your mortgage and funnel all your funds in and out of it like a che...