And by far, is income taxes. I know there are tremendous legal methods how to not pay income taxes, or to pay very little. Judge Learned Hand(his real name!) once said in a court case " it is the right of every Americ...

Federal Reserve reduced its economic outlook for 2009.

The central bank said it expects some business conditions to improve in coming months, but it also lowered its assessment of the economy for the full year and sa...

I know of a few people that are investing in real estate notes that are working with a third party individual. I noticed that the properties they are invested in are far away from any urban centers(tertiary markets), ...

Does anyone know whether there is already an article somewhere on BP about how to become a private lender? I have some cash that I want to put to work, but I do not know how to start out as a private lender, what t...

I find myself in an interesting position. I'm a total newbie with access to a million dollars. I know it sounds ...well, actually I have no idea how it sounds. A million dollars might sound like an outlandish sum of m...

Greetings BP'ers...As part of a 1031 exchange, I have purchased a handful of short term rental properties in the last few mos.  I have about 1 week left on my initial 45 day period to put properties under contract to ...

We're moving to Texas! We have a couple of properties in high-priced Seattle that we are cashing out to reinvest in Texas. We'll be home shopping for ourselves in Canyon Lake, and will be looking to invest about $600-...

Hi all, I am interested in getting started in real estate investing and pretty overwhelmed after reading a lot and doing a lot of the basics over the past 6 months. I am a physician so looking for more hands off inves...

Just curious to see if anyone has started a tiny house community.  I am thinking about developing one and was going to use the mobile home park concept as a model.  I've done some preliminary research and looked at wh...

This question is very common and sounds very straightforward: as an investor, can I deduct my real estate education? Warning: you will not get clear answers from this post. Instead, you will likely get confused. Welco...