One of the most common questions newbie real estate investors ask is:"I am a newbie and I want to raise private money to buy deals. How can I do it?"I will answer it using my personal experience. I started investing i...

Didn't see that anyone posted this yet. But I just came across this horrific landlord nightmare story on CNN.com. Where the Nanny stopped doing her job the second she moved in and now refuses to leave and the own...

I'd be very interested in everyone's thoughts on where the RE market is heading in the next 10 years, primarily in current hot markets.The SF Bay Area, as well as others, have shown a dramatic increase in both market ...

I am interested in hearing from others how they started to invest in other cities/states. Who does your walk through? Do you have to hop on a plane for every closing? It seems like something that would be very difficu...

I live in Brooklyn NY, its not a bad place to live its has many resturants, transportation, close to the city, obviouslyManhattan has everything. Yet it has crime not as bad as one might think from the movies but more...

This situation really has me peeved. I'm trying to look at both sides of the coin, but Russia is really seeming to take things too far in their aggression. It seems like they are just trying to flex their muscles to...

Hello BP community,I’m looking into buy & hold properties in the Dallas Ft. Worth area, but I’m concerned about the high property taxes in Texas. Can anyone tell me about the “basic homestead exemption”? I’d like ...

Hi BP!  I joined recently after hearing much about the forum.  I'm an American based in Japan, and finally decided to take the plunge as a personal investor a couple months ago and acquired a 14 unit residential build...

Hello BP people!I'm new to real estate investing but have long loved the of land-lordship, architecture, anything real-estate basically.  I've finally decided to start investing in real estate.  I'm am currently only ...