I thought it would interesting to share some recent experience we have had with some of these instruments. To that extent, an illustration of the pain that can come with working with an instrument that is not the...

I've heard and read varying opinions of the job Bernanke has played during our financial crisis .... TIME magazine picked him for the following reason:

But the main reason Ben Shalom Bernanke is TIME's Person of th...

When you decided to get into REI what was your why (your drive) to get into the business and succeed? Personally, my why is to past my knowledge on to others, specifically, those less fortunate and unsure of where the...

My husband's and my goal is to eventually use rental income as our retirement income. We currently have one rental home and are looking to have ~10 within the next 20 years. So the question is...what is the benefit of...

Upon joining up with Bigger Pockets, I logged on to see an advertisement that said "cold calling is dead" that was advertising a book. While it looks attractive, the data simply doesn't support this proposal. In a...

Hi all,Currently looking into getting our first BRRRR property here in Utah. I have been looking for properties that fit the script. Have found some pretty beat up properties that need a lot of TLC. However, when I pl...

I'm getting ready to do a "2-fer" and, with a partner, rehab two homes for rentals.  My partner is experienced and I intend to ask him the same question I'm asking here (and I know he will thoroughly educate me which ...

Door count is the worst (commonly discussed) metric in the real estate investing community. Why does everyone use it? Can we all decide to collectively kill it? Or are there some of you out there that stand by door co...

Like many other real estate investor, I seek to buy and hold real estate, and enjoy the cash flow and any possible appreciation.   However, since my target properties are lower end properties that often requires rehab...