Curious on what investments people have out there. I'm heavily involved in index fund investing in like 401k and Roth IRA. Is real estate your favorite type of investing? Why or why not? Why would you prefer it agains...

Gold is down 20%, Dollar remains flat at an index of 80 - 81. The U.S. Stock market is up 20+% ( I didn't see this coming and did not invest here), TBT is up 30% (2x short the treasury bond since May 2012) ( I ...

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Parents have a second house, paid off, 1450 SQ ft. 4bed/2 bath. Built in the 50s renovated in the late 90s, Rents for $850. They plan to move out of the state. Appraisal @ $110,000.

1031 exchange?
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Most of the discussion on this forum seems to cater to the DIYers. I haven’t seen much discussion on routes for passive investors to make similar or comparable CoC, cash flow, and equity as regular active investors. I...

Hi Fellow Members!This is my first post and my first month of being on BiggerPockets and I am so excited about all of the things I've learned from all of the podcasts, forum posts and blogs I've read so far. I am SOLD...

Copying and pasting here  the message I sent to David Greene . Hoping to get some thoughts/ideas here that would help me resolve my dilemma on how/where to invest the $300k cash we have  - Whether to buy a 2 bedroom  ...

Is this a good strategy?? Read on to find out WHY I want to do this..

I have 8 houses. I'm considering buying two more rentals so I can max out my conventional loans while I'm working a W2 job.
I'd put down 200K o...

On his current cross country tour, "The Burning Down The House Tour", no that's not the right name, that's somebody else's tour; its the "All Weather Tour"; says that real estate should NOT be part of your investment ...

Hey - Did anyone read this article on MSN recently? It's an article about the benefits of renting instead of buying. He tries to make the case that the stock market is a smarter investment. Thoughts??

http://articles...

Hi everyone, I'm Adam and I'm new here. I'm 28 and an aspiring real estate investor. I have no personal financial resources to buy a property on my own so I'm looking first to relatives for investment money for a down...