Flashback to 18yrs old... I am just starting the difficult path of becoming a Mechanical Engineer. On this path, I spent countless long hours studying my butt off to be the best Engineer that I could be. And I did jus...

There is a house in which the foreclosure process just started 6/12/09. I am wondering how the best way to contact the next of kin (owner passed away). I know where the son lives and his phone #. My question is how is...

I just finished reading Chad Carson's bp blog post, "Why the Massive Real Estate Empire You Think You Want Won't Give You the Life You Imagine".  It really rang true for me.  I see a lot of wannabe investors, newbies,...

Like The Millionaire Next Door, The Big Short reads like a novel. It focuses on the lives of people who saw the housing bubble coming far before almost everyone else. It also has the technical and inside details, an...

Hello everybody!I felt lead to create a post where people can vent and share weird stories that have happened to them when trying to network with other investors. I mean let's be honest, some stories are so weird and ...

It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted on here...and you know life is crazy! Long story short, bought and sold condos in oak grove. Flipped another in Lee’s Summit. Got married, bought and sold a salon, quit my j...

Long story short is I rented out my Townhouse last year when I moved and chose the first PM company I could find (because I didn't have any bandwidth to manage any portion of that property).A year later the tenants mo...

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I didn't think it was going to happen, but with 6 hours left in 2014, I completed all of my goals for the year with another signed contract on a property. To make matters better, they accepted my fir...

Hi BP Followers!My name is Terri and I live in the Midlands of SC in the Sumter area.  I have enjoyed the stories I have read so far about how others have found success in REI throughout the country.  I currently own ...

We closed on a 253-unit apartment yesterday. As we always do, wanted to share our learnings and takeaways with the community in hopes of inspiring and educating.  The two big takeaways were 1) Relationships Rule and 2...