Hi everyone,My friend, who lives overseas, sold his house in Kansas City and the title company wrote him a check. My friend does not have a bank account in the States (and is unable to open one since he is not a resid...

We started looking into investing in US real estate a few weeks ago.We're looking to diversify our investment portfolio. Right now, it's all in the stock market (mostly index funds). Listening to the podcast, reading ...

Or are we going to see slow and steady 2-4% appreciation for the next 30 years like a "perfect economy"

For the longest time people have predicting inflation, now we are at 6.8% in November after I thing 6.2% in October. The FED said this is going to be short term, but I have a feeling it's going to stay with us and lea...

Read through the forums but looking for current advice on a strong argument for choosing rentals over non-qualified stocks over the long term. The biggest differences I can see would be the rental 1031 to avoid taxes ...

I have been researching real estate cycles and found real estate economist Homer Hoyt theory of 18 year real estate cycle in the 1930's. In the early 90's economist Fred E. Foldvary predicted the real estate crash in ...

I get markets, lifestyles and goals differ.. but how much passive income do you need coming in to walk away from your full time job?

We all are ambitious if we’re on BP.. so what are your goals? What is the line whe...

Hi all!So I've been talking with my wife about the benefits to real estate investing vs. other forms of investing (stocks, bonds, annuities, etc.). She leans very much towards those forms of investing because it is wh...