Hi Everyone,Last night I went to a real estate invest presentation.I responded to an ad on Craig’s list and was invited to a presentation. The presenter was really entertaining, he went over the company (Renatus), off...

My name is Ami and I have made a pretty  big mess of things. Here are some details of my life:- Sales Manager of a sales team in the IT universe earning about $85k/yr- Wife has an office job paying her $60k/yr- We owe...

Hello everyone. I've been a BP member for a few months now, and I've previously been documenting my progress here:

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/67333-a-newbies-birddogging-journal

I decided to star...

I'm curious what investors are or aren't doing in relation to the impending market crash a lot of people (smarter than me) are saying will happen in the next 2'ish years. I'm selling a house in the next few months and...

Below is just one example of the many websites and forums popping up around the country, depicting landlords as greedy, evil monsters. What's most interesting is the growing number of people that believe housing is a ...

I am curious on what BP members think the impact that growth in real estate investing, wholesaling, and direct-buy practices is having on the old agency-model of buying/selling? Has anyone come across any articles or ...

Do you guys ever make offers on properties and the real estate agent tells you you're being ridiculous with your offer and that he isn't up for telling the home owner your offer because its too low? Here's a quick run...

Is it just me or are about 25% of all real estate investors, also engineers? As an Engineer myself I could be biased but curious if anyone has insight. I know folks usually have professional background like IT, accoun...

Here in Chicago commission have typically been between 2 and 2.5 percent of gross sale price but now with the new rules I have not met any agents willing to take less then 2.5% so what has happened is the listings tha...

I've been seeing some recent news on 40-year mortgages. I'm not sure if they even apply to investment properties, but i'm going to assume they do. Would this actually make more sense for Investment properties? Especia...