I have a wealthy friend who owns numerous businesses. He is a hardcore believer in stock piling gold. Anyone here mess with it? 

So I'm 25 now, and I have a very serious girlfriend who, in the next year or two, may become my fiancee, and I want to make sure that we're both taken care of. My income is about $35.5K per year. (She makes about 42K ...

My first tenants moved out the other day so I went over to the property today to change locks and do a few other things. I was surprised to see how dirty the property was. There was no damage to anything but they had...

We are in TransitionBeing in real estate, we all know the value of residential and multifamily real estate. The cash-on-cash returns can be great and can provide wealth for generations to come. With that said, what ab...

Hey BP!  I'm wondering if anyone could provide some input on locations in Memphis for my first investment property.  I don't want to be a slumlord, and vacancies are obviously important, but i'm looking for cash flow....

Hello all you experienced BPers!Myself and a business partner are hoping to start an LLC (If you all think we need to, that is) so that we can spread the risk and accomplish more in our real estate investing adventure...

You can make A LOT of money running a Short Term Rental, but we know the horror stories with guests damaging your property is never fun.

When listing your property on VRBO, I highly recommend utilizing their damag...

It's interesting seeing the Guru so negative sounding towards central banking, 401s etc.... This was on the front page of yahoo finance.

http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/richricher/184720

This thread is related to another I posted last week http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/76679-terminating-month-to-month-leaseany-tips (see for more background).

The situation has now slightly changed and...

Hi!I'm new to this (of course) and I'm trying to determine just exactly how I want to break into the market. Basically, I don't know what my 'niche' is yet.  I've read some about multifamily properties, some about tow...