Recently I've heard (or seen) some real estate guys preach and preach and preach about how keeping mortgage debt is good because you don't lose the mortgage interest deduction. This is very misleading to a new invest...

Howdy, wanted to ask the advice of the community here in discovering when the correct time to diversify is as far as real estate investing goes. I'm financially prepared to purchase properties 3 + 4 as things stand (I...

As you can tell from the title I'm trying to decide whether I should lower my rent or not. Here's my situation.

I have a class A property that I currently rent for 2800/mo. It is kind of niche for the area as I rent ...

A older fellow approached me he would like to sell me the properties he owns he would like to retire. I took a contract on 2 properties so far.I am not looking to be a "buy and hold investor" as of now because I do no...

Hey all....

I'm just starting out. I'm basically just looking to get bigger pockets :)

Northern California based, I do not currently o...

Definite noob here, and after scouring markets across the country for months, I've finally honed in on one I feel good about. I since located an agent using Zillow's "Contact an Agent" form. In the market I'm looking ...

I was just wondering if anyone has had any dealings with this company?  They promise 12-15% returns, depending on how much you invest with them.  They always seem to be offering properties in bad neighborhoods, mostly...

BP member Scott Hubbard posted the Freddie Mac link below in another thread but after reading it, I thought it was important enough to highlight it on its own. To me, it was pretty eye-opening as to what Freddie (and...

I've been a realtor for 5 years this May and I've really been dissatisfied with the job for 2 1/2 years. I've been trying to work myself out of that side of the job and into investing. I'm trying to focus on short s...

Hi BP!  My husband and I live in the SF Bay Area where home prices have risen substantially in past years.  We want to leverage some of our home equity and use that equity as down payment for our 2nd rental prop.  We'...