Hi everyone,Been listening to the BP podcasts and reading the blog but this is my first post! I'm trying to break into real estate investing and am looking to do my first deal. I live in the SF Bay Area, where propert...

Hi Everyone.

My name is Keegan, just starting out in Real Estate. No idea what took me so long, it is something I have been interested in ever since I was a teenager living in South Africa. I recently got my Real Est...

I'm under contract for a Homepath house that I was going to flip.  I've done 18 flips.  In the past I've taken the "free" title work and title insurance offered by the seller (Fannie Mae).  I thought that title insura...

I'm starting in on the task of Christmas shopping, and looking for good books for one family member. On the Washington Post 'Best Books of 2016' list, I stumbled across this gem:'Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the Ame...

I posted a thread in the Real Estate Deal Analysis forum, meaning to post it here. I just realized this a few minutes ago after waiting all day for responses. No wonder there weren't many responses, this forum is mu...

Hi everyone my name is Keith Rivera I'm a new investor from the Chicagoland area and am looking to start my career as a real estate investor. I am looking for advise to get started!

I’ve always been amazed by the self-assuredness of seasoned landlords.
They appear so confident, capable and cool. So alpha.
Landlording is no business for the neurotic… the reactionary… or the timid.
I thought may...

The massive back log of foreclosure properties appears to be pushing through the system again at an increased rate in Cook County, IL (Chicago).

Properties sold back to the lender at foreclosure auctions increased 62...

***RED ALERT FOR NEVADA HOME BUYERS AND REALTORs***:

Thousands of short sales in escrow will be cancelled. Having trouble buying a home? Constantly getting beaten by cash buyers and hedge funds that are buying the ho...

I put this in another post, but thought I would recycle it to introduce myself, tell how I got started, and why I am here:

I started a year ago and just bought my second house. I was three years post a financially de...