Executive Summary:Because of the real estate I own, and prospective potential purchases, I wanted to know more about where we are in the real estate cycle in the SF Bay Area. Inspired by great students and researchers...

I live in Long Island, NY, where hideous shacks cost half a million and only rent for $2000 a month, so I am excited about investing long distance. (My first investment duplex in NY metro is cashflow negative-I hadn't...

Hello, from the title you can guess what the question is. I'm still a newbie at real estate with no deals under my belt looking to have my first one be a fha owner occupant sfh in the charlotte area. Over the past yea...

We're conducting a 2007 real estate goals group writing project for those people who blog about real estate. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to ask our members to set their own real estate goals ...

I'm ready to buy my first duplex. In our market I can buy a habitable duplex in a low income urban market for 30k. Rents are aprox $500/unit but will likely be low income urban or section 8 tenants. The ROI opportu...

Hi BP!I've been heavily investing in RE for 2+ years and I often try to extrapolate the future based on my basic experience. The latest of those extrapolations is to calculate how much net rental income is needed to s...

There's a lot of press going around about HUD suspending foreclosures on homeowners and many states and cities no longer processing evictions. I can't agree or disagree with the politics and/or health reasons for this...

Please excuse my ignorance in this post, but I listen to podcast after podcast on my drive to work.This morning I was listening to Bigger Pockets Podcast 210, about a younger couple starting out, purchased their first...

Hello CTC,

I have a concern. I recently had a short sale approved in California through B of A and the buyer wants to close asap. I got a letter from B of A stating "BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP...