Hi there BP community! I'm Michael Oliveira. I'm a very new BP member and have been bitten by the REI bug as of late. My day job is as a medical device engineer up in Orange County. I work on sophisticated imaging sys...

Just read an article about the Supreme Court rejecting 2nd lien stripping in Chapter 7 bankruptcies. Was wondering how that will affect the resale value on non performing 2nds.http://www.housingwire.com/articles/34051...

Hello all, 
For those who previously worked in commercial real estate (e.g. acquisitions, investment management, etc.) prior to becoming an investor, do you think working in the industry helped you meaningfully in de...

Can someone help me understand this; excerpt from the Texas Real Estate License Act(TRELA) -Sec. 1101.002. DEFINITIONS. In thischapter:(1) "Broker":(A) means a person who, in exchange for acommission or other valuable...

I read article after article of how people buy real estate with no money, bad credit, unemployed, etc. Is this even possible? I'm unemployed, have $15,000.00 to buy on a ready to move in property. How do you find thes...

Hi Everyone,I am looking into multi-family units in the Washington area but have no cash for a down payment and do not want to live in it either. I see many articles talking about getting private money and hard money ...

When I joined BP, I never imagined the site would have so much FREE, valuable information available. It didn't take long for me to find out that the wealth of information was overwhelming! Being new to RE, I wanted to...

This is one of those things that just makes me shake my head and wonder what people are thinking! I found this quote today on the blog of another company here in Memphis:

“The uptick is attributed to a continued int...

Any thoughts?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/magazine/the-cold-hard-lessons-of-mobile-home-u.html?rref=magazine&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollectio...

Found this article on Zillow, and thought it was valuable.  Here's the good parts: