Hi everyoneI am a South African moving to Grand Cayman for 18 months for work in December, and I am without a doubt planning to diversify into US real estate during my time there.I am currently considering Florida, as...

http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2009/pr09012.html

FDIC Approves the Payout of the Insured Deposits of MagnetBank, Salt Lake City, Utah

After an extensive marketing process, the FDIC was unable to find another f...

Why are bailout funds, essentially US taxpayer money, being paid to bailout foreign banks? So much for oversight and transparency. Why is this allowed?

Some banks on the list:

Deutsche Bank AG, Societe Generale,...

On another thread there has been some discussion on buying silver. Since I have been wanting to buy but am unsure I thought I would start a different thread for that. Here is my question. I go online to a site like...

A possible lucrative real estate opportunity with great potential has literally fallen into my lap in recent weeks. The difficulty is that the property(ies) are located in Tijuana, Mexico and I just don't know where t...

Hello everyone, I'm in need of some guidance. I bought a 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom property in Orlando near Disney World for short-term rentals. It's been a year, and contrary to my initial profit projections, I've been c...

Hello! I own a small wheel repair business and I’m needing more space. I currently rent a 2500 sqft shop for $800 and rent my home for $1500. We found the perfect property that has a 4800 sqft shop zoned commercial wi...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $85,000

Cash invested: $20,000

Turn of the century upper and lower duplex, both large 1300 sq ft 3 bedroom a...

Hey Bigger Pockets!
My name is Emile and I'm new on the bigger pockets forum. I live in Europe but I have a Brazilian girlfriend. Since the Brazilian housing market has been doing very badly in recent years and the l...

So I am in the middle of purchasing my second rental property. I am getting a loan through a local bank. My lender just asked me if the property being purchased will appraise for at least $75k. She told me, "Fannie Ma...