I was just wondering what everybody's education or background is? seems that a large percentage of you folks have some type of formal "business" or finance education, or come directly from the world of Real Estate?

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The average mortgage debt in Toronto is $194, 000 and 259, 000 in vancouver. Given the average house price is in toront and vancouver is north of a million are we surmising that the average torononian is mega rich? ...

What would you do with $300,000 cash?

Can anyone direct me to any good (sourced) charts/graphs that show why buy&hold real estate is a much better investment in the long term than the stock market?  Pulling together a presentation and wanted to show a...

 I recently read Rich Dad Poor Dad and decided I wanted to pursue financial freedom via REI. I am a 24 year old who graduated college with about $30,000 in student loan and pay-day loan debt and will be acquiring abou...

I live in a state with high real estate prices where the cash on cash return isn't any good, it's more of an appreciation game here. My goal is to make 100k a year "passively" (or at least achieve financial independen...

Hello BP Fam,I found a 4plex in Texas, at a decent price, but the rents aren’t at market. I highly doubt anyone would want to pay an extra $500 a month in rent, so I’m thinking I’d have to evict everyone. Is this a ba...

I have a very nice couple with three well behaved kids that wants to rent one of my homes. The problem for me is trying to verify if they are good tenants or not. I asked for the standard copies of each of the couples...

HI Everyone...Just joined BP  - I've been reading the forums for 1 month. Lots of great information. Thanks to everyone who is sharing their knowledge. I am debating whether it is worth using my SD IRA to purchase rea...

Hello, Im looking to relocate and have narrowed down options to Florida and Texas. I have a business which permits me to live anywhere and I  have no wife or children, so  this would not be a difficult move. I'm curre...