
Market Vertigo
by Cliff Draughn
"We give you a Republic; now see if you can keep it." -- Ben Franklin
As I have remarked in prior calendar-turning newsletters, it is this time of the year when most people pause ...

My Fiancé and I will be wrapping up our 2nd year of investing part time in the next couple of months. And it seems to be getting less clear on where to head. Maybe you guys can help! In the past two years we have comp...

Hello All, I am looking forward to entering the world of real estate investing and I'm reaching out to the BP community for advice on how to work through a financial dilemma. I have plans on purchasing my first turnke...

Hi all. I previously owned/managed and did all repairs for a duplex I later sold in a divorce. (Originally purchased with a private lender who has since passed away.) Now I do repairs and property mgmt for my boyfrien...

Hey folks,
Several weeks ago, I posted some questions about what I suspected was an un-informed group offering IRA advice. As I suspected the advice was bad, as indicated by the answers I got here, my accountant, an...

Here is the multifamily vacancy chart from data gathered and reported by the NAHB.
*in case chart doesn't display you can find it here...
http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?sectionID=238&genericContentID=14910...

After the tenant moved out I discovered a large dent in the metal cover of the stand by generator, really more than a dent, it was crushed. So I kept the amount for a new lid out of her security. She was adamant that ...

Hi BP forums, I’m a newbie REI, just recently discovered Bigger Pockets podcast in the past month and I’m HOOKED! As of now, the only experience I have in this area is buying a fixer-upper house, gutting it and puttin...

Do people usually include accountants as part of their team?I’ve owned certain companies outside Canada and would do all finance/cashflow myself, but real estate is a new field to me as well as doing finance in a coun...

Hello BP!I live in Upstate Ny and just recently found the world of Real Estate Investing. I am in the information gathering and analyzing stage of my Investment journey. I find myself being tugged in multiple directio...