I was stunned when our family friend told me that she would contribute $100 K in cash towards my purchase of a $250,000 Duplex at Tinley Park, Il. I already made an offer on this Duplex and waiting for the Seller's ba...

Here is the scenario. I have a home that I’ve owned for 6 years. It’s worth about $380k and I owe about $240k. I want to strip out as much equity as possible. Today a wild idea occurred to me and I want to consult the...

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...

Thanks to all the wonderful advice I have found by lurking around on BP for the last few months we are now under contract for our first rental property! It's a 3/1 SFH and we should be closing within the next 2 wee...

What scenarios lead to a LP investor losing their entire investment in a MF syndication? I've only heard stories of investments under-performing. Any examples of how you or someone you know of lost money would be help...

Has anyone here been involved with a RE education/mentoring group named Renatus. Went to a presentation tonite in Houston. Seems like a potentially good organization, Seems to be quite pricy though. Looking for ge...