I am in zero danger of losing the home I own, and am actively working to get ready to buy my first rental as soon as possible.  But... I have this nightmare to deal with.  I worked my butt off at a second job to drag ...

Economic Update
(Yom Kippur Edition)
The second quarter of 2020 (April, May & June) was the mother of all economic contractions. Real GDP shrank at a 31.7% annual rate, the largest drop for any quarter since ...

This post is not about creative real estate deals. I am the conventional "BUY HOLD RENT IT OUT" long term investor.

I am terrified after reading the PROFESSIONAL TENANT FROM HELL sticky post. And on top of that, t...

Will be cashing out soon from a company buyout.  I will end up with about $400K cash after taxes.  My first impulse is to purchase 4 $200k homes with $100k down on each and rent them out.  The thinking behind that is ...

I THOUGHT I had a good idea, but now reading about SEC I am not sure. I am working hard right now on my business plan and investment proposal because my plan is to ask for loans from some people I know who have mo...

Hi BP!I recently purchased my first residential property, no financing. I purchased this as a rental property, and I am aiming to have it rent for $4000-$5000 a month. It should be ready in about a week for photos to ...

Not sure if you guys listened in on Ben Leybovich's webinar last night, but I have to say I agree with him.He showed how you can drastically come up with a different valuation of a property ALL based on your assumptio...

what's better whole life insurance , IRA, 401k? for contributing to long term ?

Reading another thread, @Nathan G. said "I suspect it's in the neighborhood of 20% (of landlords) that hold reserves and even fewer that hold the proper amount."I see a LOT of people asking how to start investing with...