The basic information for this post has come from the book Aftershock written by David Wiedemer and Robert Wiedemer with the assistance of Cindy Spitzer. These are the same authors that four years ago wrote America's ...

Romney named Paul Ryan as his choice for V.P. candidate... Personally, I love it, and think it will get the focus on the economy and solutions for America. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property.  A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago.  I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...

Well the uber doom-and-gloomers have been decidedly reticent of late. This changed recently in the blog arena. Changes in purchasing patterns of bonds later this year seem to have everyone in a tizzy now.

I renew...

Hi BP community. I am having a great time in Wichita, KS in my first year and a half to two years of investing; we have taken an aggressive approach by investing in a low income high crime area near downtown Wichita. ...

Hey guys, based on these pics of the 1300 sq ft home built in 1940, what would you guess the repairs would be? Keep in mind I will have to add a bathroom.

It has a new roof and new electrical. That's it. ...

I was looking at the MLS today and thought of something interesting.  What if I offered a lease-option to those houses that have been on the market for a long time (at least 90 days)?  I fell like those sellers have a...

I have been working on setting up a modest vacation rental in the Portland metro area. In the past, friends of mine were raving about VRBO, telling me it really does work- and they had a reasonable fee structure. But ...

Ok. We are in deflation now, and we don't know how long it is going to last.

Because of our government, we know that eventually interest rates, taxes, and inflation are going to go up, up, up. The most important pri...

I will start with two simple questions:

Are we at war?

Is President Obama the Commander in Chief?