First of all, I consider myself very smart.  I run a very successful company, have always excelled in everything I do (including school), and have even been pretty successful with RE investing & flipping so far (w...

Hi BP!I've been heavily investing in RE for 2+ years and I often try to extrapolate the future based on my basic experience. The latest of those extrapolations is to calculate how much net rental income is needed to s...

Diary entry One- I just spent a month doing the due diligence, aligning the management team, developing relationship with key players (particularly the lender), and I am almost there.  Well, .. . . was almost there.  ...

Where is the Real Estate market headed from here, will the prices go up, down or remain the same. Thoughts?

Hello experts,I lent money to a borrower to buy a property in Chicago. But he stopped interest payments after few months and didn't pay anything after loan maturity.  I then engaged an attorney to proceed with foreclo...

So this may stir the pot, but i am seeing a ton of posts on BP about "creative financing". While yes there are creative ways to structure financing deals. When it comes to seller financing in many of the cases the bor...

My mother-in-law recently sold her primary residence and downsized since the kids are all moved out.  She's looking for something that would provide her with good cash flow as she is very close to retiring.  She doesn...

I read a post on linkedIn from @Travis Watt, a fellow BP member, that posed the question, "Would you rather have 10k a month in passive income or $1,000,000?  I thought it was a great question and I think it merits a ...

Hello Everyone! I am a senior in High School about to graduate and am very tempted to drop the idea of going to College and dedicate the next four years of my life to working full time and saving all of my money to pu...

The president of my local REIA advised newbie note investors to read Invest in Debt by Jim Napier. It was extremely helpful for me & very interesting IMO...in fact I just got it last night and have already read t...