A recent article that I wrote on the BP blog received some criticism because I suggest that a 401(k) is one of the best ways to increase your net worth.This strategy was criticized by a couple of readers and I thought...

Alright...I am going to post what happens every week in my real estate business. Why? So you will learn from my mistakes as well as get inspired by my successes. I also hope by doing this, BP Nation will help me ac...

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...

I got a letter from Wisconsin Department of Professional Services Division of Legal Services & Compliance. They received a complaint from someone on my direct mail list of probate properties. My marketing lett...

My name is Ami and I have made a pretty  big mess of things. Here are some details of my life:- Sales Manager of a sales team in the IT universe earning about $85k/yr- Wife has an office job paying her $60k/yr- We owe...

So I thought it would be cool to document my goal of buying 150 flip houses this and documenting my progress here for the BP community.

My reason for doing this is to help educate and encourage others, k...

If money was not an issue and i had 100,000 USD on the side to put for down payments, would investing in expensive cities like los angeles be a good idea because of the rental occupancy rate there, or would it be wise...

I saw an interesting interview on CNBC today of Colony Capital CEO Tom Barrack whose firm has $34 billion under management. He spoke about the many changes in housing but touched on a real interesting point. He compar...

I was introduced to a program called “Freedom Mentors,” by a friend, where you pay $15-25k to be coached on investing and you have to split earnings 50/50 up to your first 500k and then you’re out of the program and o...