I have no intrinsic interest in real estate. My interests, in order, are:

1. capital preservation
2. stable returns
3. yield

So why am I here? Because I think unleveraged residential rental real estate in middl...

I’m from Arizona and I’d like to invest in properties here, although from what I’ve read on BP, it seems like the best place to invest your money is the Midwest, specifically Texas. I am new and I have only spent the ...

Hello BP! I am a new investor looking for properties under $100k to buy and hold in Florida. At this time my main goal is cashflow. The market in my area -South Florida- is out of my price range, so long distance inv...

Hello everyone, I am fairly new to the Real estate investing world, I have not gotten my first investment property yet although I have some knowledge on how to do it but I am stuck. Can anyone help me with some rules ...

My partner and I are looking to purchase our first commercial 13 unit property in the Washington, DC area. His real estate agent (who I've never worked with before) insists we need an attorney even before we have ...

I live in NY, I own a home that I live in, and it has a decent size mortgage as you can imagine. I was looking out of state for rental properties, in a particular area, looking to make contacts to explore the feas...

I am new to real estate investing and have read that it is best to present a business plan to obtain financing. Can anyone recommend a good source to find a real estate business plan template? If anyone has created on...

A while back there was a helpful thread where people talked about actual, specific experiences with REO's. Many of these stories ended in banks not accepting the offers (which is good information because a lot of peo...

It seems like every time I look up, there's a new "commercial lending" or "commercial funding" company that has popped up across my networks.

The individuals offering these commercial loans are always offering somewh...

Lets see how much thought is going to go into this housing / bank bailout . . . frankly, I'm starting to think that the move to make is to stop paying the mortgage so I can:

a) Get "bailed out"
b) Renegotiate my loa...