I am in the process of loan shopping for my first real estate purchase (2-4 unit multi family). I have gone to a mortgage broker (1 month ago) who initially told me I can do 5% down on a conventional loan and we did ...

I have just found the draft texts of the COP15 treaty. Section 3 states the we will have to reduce our emissions by 50-95% within the next 40 years. There is even a selection of 95% or more in 40 years. Wouldn’t ...

Tim posted an intriguing thread on food storage and there were great posts on differing points of view and things needed. If we get into a really bad situation,pre-apocalypse, there are some other things neccessary.
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I have been procrastinating on writing my business plan. I have a "good" excuse. I wanted to make up my mind once and for all what kind of entity I wanted to go with before I committed any thing to writing.  After all...

I'm from New Jersey, and I'm very new to real estate investing. I have about $1,300 saved up (I know it's chump change.) But I had a question....I really don't want to wait until I have more money to jump into real es...

I have been getting the impression over the past two years that more and more people are entering the world of REI.

When I started a decade ago I was somewhat of a pariah amongst friends, family and work colleges. No...

Of all things to prosper in this economy, who would of thought that Americans are rushing out to buy SAFES.

There is a run on safes in America.

It makes sense, really.... a place to save our money, our valuables, ou...

This is the first book that comes to mind, so I thought I'd kick this area off. Have you guys read it? What are your thoughts?