What prevents us all from becoming super wealthy?  Plain and simple it is the return you get from your net worth.  So, for an experiment take your net worth.  That means, if you were to sell everything today and paid ...

Investing in real estate during a recession makes many people feel like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. For others, it’s an exciting opportunity.
In my 30 years of real estate investing, I’ve see...

I want to build equity with my primary home as soon as possible. And I came across a method using HELOC to reduce the interest paid to the mortgage. Does any one have experience with it?

It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...

We're newbies...go easy! :D

We're about to buy our first investment property, a duplex with excellent income. It has been on the market for 200+ days.

We're making an offer soon. Is there a rule-of-thumb for t...

I wanted to open up a forum discussion on which Turnkey company would be best for beginning investors. Clearly, all 3 companies seem to be reputable in the industry, and offer quite good returns on investment. I wante...

I realized that I dismissed Oakland / SF / the relatively close area out of hand -- thinking it can't possibly work because the buy ins are too high, and the cash ROI is too low, but I never actually seriously investi...

Hello everyone,
    I feel that I’m ready to invest in my first house hacking rental property (2-4 units); I have the $ for a down payment, closing costs, and am going to be using the 203k loan fo...

To those who have read my other post regarding this gentleman, here is a bit more elaboration. To preface this synopsis, though, let's be clear that many many mistakes were made on all our (investors') end, so for ...

Out of the blue I am receiving messages about a company called Strongbrook and how great they are and that I should refer all of my clients to this great and ethical company. Seriously, that was the message. I have ...