At Leen’s Lodge in Grand Lake Stream, Maine, a group of chief economists, money managers, financial advisors and officials from a Fed regional bank got together for a fishing retreat disguised as an economic retreat. ...

This past week I've met with multiple financial planners pushing to sell me whole life insurance.  As I've listened to their pitches & worked on creating a well rounded portfolio I thought a lot about insurance to...

I’ve been thinking of ways for my wife and I to quickly get out of the debt we’re in. Right now there are multiple things we owe on. We own our family vehicle out right so my thought was to take a loan out on our vehi...

Here on Bigger Pockets we get a lot of newcomers who have a desire to be real estate investors but have not laid the proper foundation. The first thing to do before investing in anything, real estate or otherwise is t...

Hi Folks! My name is Travis, I own 3 SFH properties (2 rentals, and my primary). Two of them (one being my primary) are at about 50%-55% LTV, they are in Eugene Oregon. I'm considering a straight no-cash-out refi on m...

Hey everybody,I've been researching/reading up on everything REI for the past Month or so. I'm super excited about starting, even went to look a distressed houses in a neighborhood I might like to invest in.Here is so...

Hello allI am currently at a fork in the road! I unfortunately was very uninformed/uneducated when I made some decisions in terms of college. Because of that, I now am in 80k of student debt. I know this is asked ofte...

In case you haven't heard, Congress is under pressure to raise the national debt ceiling before Oct. 18th to prevent the U.S. government from running out of money to pay its bills. If Congress fails to suspend or rais...

Paying off a house completely is a trap. You should avoid it if you want to amplify your wealth.Here’s what to do instead:Successful investors own nothing outright. They sit back and wait as their properties go up in ...

I am a homeowner looking to invest in real estate over the next 2-to 3 years. My home has appreciated about 160k from the high market but my problem is I have about 98K in Vehicle and consumer CC debt. If I sell the h...