Like a lot of young people have done my wife and I have managed to place a lot of debt on top of ourselves, some of it good some of it bad. My wife is a teacher making 35000 a year. She is a 10 month employee so her p...

I'm getting ready to purchase my second SFH rental in a booming Texas town full of new industry. This property is on the same street as my other SFH. Looking at the numbers, here's why I disregarded the 1% rule when m...

The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...

For those contemplating alternate investments, I highly recommend considering hard money lending. I started in 2012 with little knowledge or information. At that time we didn't have Dodd-Frank to be concerned with. Fo...

There is a lot of commentary surrounding the topic of whether to rent or buy (Regarding personal residences). A roof over your head is an expenditure. The rent-or-own paradox is about losing the least amount of money ...

My goal is to purchase my first real estate investment property within 1 year.I have a well-paying job, good credit, no consumer debt (just my car, which I'm working to pay off), and I am working on a 20% downpayment ...

Hi All - 
I plan to write a blog series for the bigger pockets community, and I’m looking for topics that are important to you.  Could you answer these 3 questions to help me?  Thanks for taking the time to leave a r...

I've had two condenser units on two different houses stolen (one was just the copper) in the last few weeks. It's very frustrating as you know, and always seems to happen when the house is for sale.

I've read through...

So I've been kicking around the idea for awhile of keeping our townhouse and renting it out when we eventually buy a SFH in a year or two. I just don't know if it's a wise decision. I feel like part of the reason is s...