12 Solid Rules of Real Estate Investing

1. Real estate is a long term investment
2. Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow
3. Do not let your emotions get in the way
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A new development out of Atlanta this week. An investor has been held liable for the exceptionally poor conditions of his properties, even though they were held by an LLC that was not under his own name. He argued tha...

This is my first rental property I am managing myself.  I have had one before but had a PM.  In this case, the rental is next door so my tenant is also my next door neighbor.  I am finding it complicates the relations...

I bought a duplex a couple of months ago. Here are the numbers:

Purchase price $85,000 (I put 25% down)

Monthly payment including taxes and insurance is $585/month

Total rent for both sides is $1,...

I can't say how many times people have told me this once I tell them I work in real estate. I've done my research and I think I have a pretty good comeback especially when they throw articles from CNN like this at me:...

Hello! I want to feature YOU in the next issue of BiggerPockets Wealth magazine (subscribe here! www.biggerpockets.com/magazine) if you have a fun/unique retirement story to share:
-Did you retire just before or duri...

I am really curious as to what kind of background most people were before they started working.  For example, Were you in a high paying job? or did you owned a business? or were you just a college student like me who ...

I have been on BP for a little while now and I have not come across anyone financing the way I have or maybe I just haven't recognized it.

To start I bought my current home I live in for 110k. I'm a DIYer and fixed...

We are thinking of buying a rental beach house or bay side house in the  Galveston / Crystal Beach area. Does anyone have some good information on the recent insurance ratings, building codes or any other news of pert...

I'll try to make this short, I'm about to venture into my first flip, property is $58000, rehab costs $50,000, arv $180,000. My liquid funds are extremely limited so finally I found a hard money lender that will fund ...