After reviewing many medium-sized cities, mostly near my hometown in Southern Michigan, I discovered Fort Wayne.  Statistically, the city has low rates of crime for a city of that size within the 'rust belt', average ...

While doing research for my marketing campaign, I came across a statistic on Zillow. It is a percentage of listings with a price cut in, a respective area.Example: 50% of listings experienced a price cut in Willow Gro...

Hi all!We're learning so much here and are starting to develop our real estate plan. One of the things we constantly hear people mention is figuring our "The Market" and seeing if it is increasing or decreasing. Speci...

Hey Everyone,I am new to the Real Estate business and trying to learn all I can before going out and getting my first property. I am a financial analyst for my career; thereby, making me a big numbers guy.1. What are ...

Hi,I recently got the Real Estate bug and would like to begin investing in real estate. I joined BiggerPockets.com in order to reach more newbies like me, as well as experienced investors who I am eager to learn from ...

Myths about Foreclosure (Texas)

Please note that my area of expertise is in the State of Texas and the statistics contained in this article should not be relative to other states.

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I'm currently in search of my first multi-family live-in property. And I've noticed something that was odd at first. Some properties have been listing for say... $500k and after a month or so of no offers, they'll del...

I'm coming over from New Zealand to invest in rental property, you have a big country any ideas where I could invest for reasonable yield, stable local economy and an area that is on the way up in the future. By that ...

I have a hypothetical question for you guys. I was discussing this with a friend so I thought I see how members of BP community felt about it.Assume you were making $500k per year. With $500k income, would you rather ...

Where can I go to find statistics about my market? I am just looking for statistics to show where people are buying and for how much? I see charts on certain websites that I'm not sure are very accurate. I'd like to g...