I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...

I'm the asset protection attorney out of Austin, Texas that protects real estate investors from lawsuits. What I want to know is the question you have about lawsuit protection, taxes, insurance, financing, etc. as it ...

I believe many in the BP community, myself included, firmly stand by "cash flow as the king" while appreciation is looked down upon. I would like to potentially hear the counter argument to broaden my understanding. W...

With a new year among us comes new opportunity for investment, particularly investment in commercial real estate. In this post, I will discuss 4 large US markets which I believe to be ripe for commercial real estate i...

I'm in the process of selling my primary residence FSBO.  We are in a very popular neighborhood, so for now, we won't be going through a listing agent.  We are also real estate investors, and we've been on the buy and...

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I've been diving deep into potential real estate investment opportunities in Mexico, and I wanted to share some of the data I've gathered. I'm hoping to spark a discussion on where the best areas to invest mi...

With stock investing I can spend a few minutes a month looking at stock prices and entering a buy or sell order in my brokerage account and earn 8% annually on average. To earn the same return with real estate, I woul...

Quick background: We purchased a multi family that was to be a live in flip and to fund the purchase and the reno we leveraged our primary residence at the time. We moved into the live in flip and once the flip was ov...

Hey all - I am livid today! Maybe you can either calm me down, or tell me I am rightfully enraged.

We have an FHA buyer for a rehab, and among the hoops we've jumped through so far are the requests from an in...

Perhaps this isn't the right place to ask this, but in the most innocent way possible I am curious as to how people who have quit their jobs in order to pursue investing as a full time gig make money. Basically anythi...