My husband and I were in massive amounts of consumer debt for almost 10 years of our marriage and recently paid it all off in 2013. Since then, we've enjoyed the debt-free life. It's awesome. The only issue we've run ...

How do you know that the private lender is legit? 

Copied from a fellow broker so i have to paraphrase but thought this was good info -- esp why we never crashed in the housing bubble.MY WORKING FIRST TO @NICHOLAS B: I have an excellent article for you regarding why N...

I am 24 and I am a merchant mariner. I have been sailing on the Great Lakes as a Deck hand. I sail during the summers to pay for school and 4 years ago I stayed out for a full year.  That left me with a nice bank acco...

Hi everyone! Is it a good idea to cash out refinance my free and clear rental properties for about 70-80% LTV, and use the cash to buy my next primary home? The purpose is to lessen equity in rental properties, take a...

Hi BP, I know how important it is to have the right tools to get the job done so I wanted to share a few with the community, and please feel free to add to this list so we can all be more affective. Here they are:
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Good evening BP'ers,

If you were 30 years old on a 50k salary w/ great benefits, no debts with 80k in accessible funds. How would you begin your real estate investment journey with the idea of investing in NYC in wha...

Probably the universe trying to test me and see how much it takes to break me..(*_@So I just got a conversion from my website.  First real one.got a very desperate message from a seller. Needs to sell really quicklySh...

Getting ready to buy my first investment property, so I thought I'd be proactive and get pre-approved for a certain amount before I find a house to bid on. I contacted the big bank I have my primary loan with to see w...

We are in the middle of a hot North Carolina summer, and one of our older, C class properties is not cooling properly. It is unclear to me at this point if this was an issue before. We've owned this house for nearly 4...