I'm 43 and wanted to invest in real estate. I am trying to learn but for whatever reason it feels over my head. What resources exist for absolute beginners? I tried going to a local meetup and felt really out of place...

Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...

Fannie Mae is increasing the DTI to 50% starting July 29th. America's largest mortgage lender is making it easier to buy their first home.

In the last housing bubble, just about anyone with a pulse was approved for ...

I am interested in buying deplexs in cleveland with 100% cash and was just wondering what tips or advice other investors can point out to me

I am interested to hear how many of you have actually invested in POL and how your investments are doing. So far I have invested $105,000 in 16 of their loans with various investment sizes ranging from $5,000-$15,000 ...

I hope everyone is well. I wanted to take some time tonight and send out a post that I hope many will find useful and will help the quality of leads many of us are seeing on the site. Maybe with some clarification, ...

I got out of the stock market in 2009 after taking a $300k loss. Ironically, I had made about the same amount by actually predicting the crash and shorting the market at the top. I thought I could predict the upturn a...

Make Sure You Get This One Right
By Niels C. Jensen

There are those who sweat over every decision, worrying about how it will affect their lives and investments. Then there is the school of thought that we should f...

Hey fellow BPers, I'm new to BP and to real estate. I had a discussion today with a mentor from the Doug Hopkins real estate program and they have a mentorship program where for one year I will have weekly calls with ...