I have a couple applicants that are married with a newborn baby. She plans on staying home with the baby. They both have mid 700's on the smartmove application, which I think is really good. They both are college educ...

I was browsing some properties in manhattan, ny and some in the surrounding area and noticed that most of these properties have a negative cash flow. So i dont understand why anyone would want to invest in these prope...

Hi everyone!

I just opened escrow on my first property! It's a 3 unit, single building home and I am super excited about it. It's an old 1910 California craftsman style home with 2700 sqft in a historic nei...

Just wanted to share the results of our first rental refinance / delayed financing. My husband and I are in our first year of our real estate investing career. Hope to encourage some of the newer people here. There ar...

Almost everyone has read RDPD book. Does anyone have any info or experience with their coaching program?What exactly is involved in coaching, how do they help and what are the prices? 

There's been a lot of discussion on the forums as it relates to differentiating bad debt from good.  The most common view on BP is that any debt which does not produce investment returns is bad debt.I, for the most pa...

My real estate agent has sent me several duplex listings in Killeen varying from 30-85K. I don't have much for a down payment which makes these well within my reach. I only wonder if Killeen is a good place to start. ...

BP,

I don't believe this difficult, I believe this is very much doable. However, what makes achieving this goal so difficult for most investors? Seeing that "financial freedom" is the HUGE topic now a days. Why is it...

Is anyone able to do their own title search to see if there are any liens on a property or do you just contact a title company?

My wife has expressed concern about allowing people who are applying for our properties to know our home address (to send applications when they need to be mailed).  Even tenants who pay for rent know our address so t...