I constantly see investors buying up HOA liens at the foreclosure auction and wonder what is the reason? If they had no mortgage or a low balance on the mortgage, I would understand. Most times they are way under wate...

I'm doing my first land contract deal and I'm a bit nervous. I found a company that offers seller financing on vacant houses. I found a property that I think would make a great buy and hold and has a lot of potential....

Given wholesaling is not a form of investing in real estate...perhaps licensee's and true investors should start thinking about a push to do away with related discussions...

Hi to all investors out there, hope you have any advise or resource to help me out.About 3 weeks ago I paid about $41,000 to a real estate investing company. After I have paid, their attitude and responsibility promis...

A buddy of mine and I have fallen into being high on the list to be able to build a hanger. We have already lined up a potential interested party to rent our hanger once we have built it. We need to come up with numbe...

Hey, guys!I've been on BP for about 7 months now and I have quickly learned two things:There is no better place than BP to talk real estateThe wealth of information on BP is immeasurableI've read and learned quite a l...

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

I always do my due diligence prior to purchasing a property to rehab but this one got pass me. As any prudent investor, I always scope out my neighbor's property to see if there are any potential hang ups that would i...

So, I understand the overarching idea of what a 1031 exchange is, but have some questions ..
1) Do you have to roll over all equity you have in the property to the next deal? Or, just profit? For example - if you pur...

Given that there is such a liquid market of buyers online I was wondering what people's thoughts are on the commission paid to Realtors. A 6% commission has always seemed scandalously high to me given the typical amo...