Hello everyone. I am scheduling the course I need to take in order to become a licensed real estate agent. The goals are....#1. Use this profession to get as involved as possible in real estate. #2. Raise cash to...

The whole story about how private equity firms and hedge funds have steamrolled into the residential home market to become this decade’s slumlords is a story covered on this blog before mainstream media even knew i...

[quote = Bill Patterson]I actually think it goes quite well in "Investor Psychology". It seems that it has received a lot of back and forth and it has opened the door for the expression of investor psychology that see...

Where do people on BP find properties to buy? Realtors with established connection, Realtor.com, Loopnet??

Hi BiggerPockets Community, my name is Josh Deno and I have been hiding in the corner for a few months browsing, listening to podcasts, and reading as many real estate books as I can.   I am an electrician by trade, a...

Update of concerns on perfect storm I see forming.
There are more and more "voters" requiring entitlements. Here are a couple today.

1. Tens of thousands nearly riot for the opportunity to get an application to be on...

Background: The economy is on a tear, but trees don't grow to the sky.  At some point, it will over-extend and go into recession when financial commitments default.Last time, the trigger was a default on home mortgage...

After the Trulia / Zillow merger announcement of a few months back, this one is easily the second most significant in real estate this year.In push to diversify, News Corp. buying Move for $950 millionWhat implication...

Hey guys,
please, share the books you went though to prepare yourself to be in real estate business.
Here are my books:

1. Rich Dad's Cashflow quadrant and Guide to investing by Robert Kiyosaki
2. Buy it, rent it, pr...