I've gotten so many investors asking me what areas, neighborhoods, ZIP codes I've worked in, it's ridiculous. STOP DOING THAT TO PEOPLE.Do people have no shame when they are essentially trying to drink from the same w...

Hello Everyone! Was recently told that I need to make a 20-25% down payment on a rental property. Told them I was interested in making 3-5% down so I can have funds to make repairs.I asked about FHA. They said FHA isn...

obama received an award as man of the year from the newspapers guild over the weekend. No press was evidently allowed to attend(so much for transparency). Now today, a bill was introduced to allow the failing entities...

I know that BiggerPockets looks down on guru education programs and seminars that cost thousands of dollars to teach people what they can learn for free on this website. However, I didn't find BiggerPockets until afte...

I sometimes have to give tenants, what I call an "attitude adjustment".Below is an email that I sent to a tenant.  In her email, she talked about invoicing me for when she had to talk to the utility company.  I sent t...

okay, I've been positive Pete for weeks upon weeks, I'm a US Marine and aggression comes natural do this was coming eventually (hope you don't mind but we all need to vent sometimes).Why in the Hell are people so unr...

So myself and a friend are looking at buying homes from the trustee sales here in OC and LA county. We have met quite a few people who would be glad to use our money and split the deals 50/50. We don't want to do th...

Not sure if I mentioned that today. Yes, I am 100% invested in Index Funds , and yes, I am staying the course (Probably take years to recover the losses), and yes I believe in "Buy and Hold". It just stinks to see ten...

Hi Folks,I've heard investing in the inner city and low income/high crime areas is horrible, but I'm here to ask either how you've made it work to be successful, or exactly what kind of nightmare you've had?I've been ...