Are we still singing the same old song? "Prices won't come down!" I hope not, remember folks there is a lag between rate increases and falling equity prices. We are still running on comps from late 21 / early 22. If y...

I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...

Long story short, I am from a small town in a rural area. Small town big shots sometimes make their own rules and that's the type involved here. They worked as a team in this entire thing.

So here we go...A person ...

Banks have led a great many people to believe that the mortgage mess exists because too many loans were given at or around 100% LTV.

That is hogwash spread by banks because the...

Id like to hear everyone who is a member of Bright MLS (Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, Delewar, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Baltimore, Philadelphia,) what your thoughts on the new off market policy is?  For tho...

Hi all, I found this forum by way of another site, searching for private lending. 
I have been looking into putting the condo that I bought 2 years ago with VA loan on Airbnb, but I found short term rentals are expre...

I bought my first foreclosure flip for 213k, put 25k into it (238k note), and now will sell for around 350k to 360k.  After all expenses paid, I should net around 90k-100k.  With the goal of buying and holding and doi...

Hi All,

I am currently a full time investor and eBay business owner. Currently, my eBay business is setup under a sole proprietorship. I started investing in real estate several years ago and now want to make this m...

If you have looked through my profile, you will see 25+ years of Real Estate and Mortgage Brokerage in my background. I was exposed to the better/cooler half of my industry (RE Investing) a few years ago and have soug...

Several trends are occurring as a result of the economic restructuring and impact of technology on virtually every type of business. One of the major trends is that increasingly middle class Americans are finding i...