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Rich Weese financial cliff, financial crisis, Aftershock
28 September 2012 | 51 replies

The basic information for this post has come from the book Aftershock written by David Wiedemer and Robert Wiedemer with the assistance of Cindy Spitzer. These are the same authors that four years ago wrote America's ...

Edna N. Canadian interested in USA RE investing
10 July 2024 | 24 replies

Hello investors, 
I am Canadian and our housing market here in Ontario is so unaffordable the numbers mostly don't make sense as rentals. Therefore I'm now looking to start investing in RE in the U.S - prefer neighb...

Vikram C. Does buy-and-hold make any sense now?
27 June 2010 | 38 replies

Here's a chart that I saw today from a reliable source. It shows the total debt of households, businesses and the government. There are two things that are quite clear from the chart:

1. Total debt has increased e...

Cory Mccarthy Historians Perspective needed - RE crash of 2007 -2010
10 January 2016 | 26 replies

I would like to hear from several of the historians here that went through the most recent housing collapse back in 2007 through 2010 regarding what happened to their buy and hold strategy in that kind of environment....

Patrick Reilley Multi-family buying strategy for beginner
2 November 2014 | 25 replies

I am a new investor and have set a goal to buy my first property within the next 6 months. I have only a small amount of capital to put down as a down payment, so I looked at what other assets I have at my disposal...

David Song 3 trillion dollar printed in 2020 so far - effect on house price
18 January 2021 | 63 replies

Just checked the total US money in circulation M2, increased from 15.5 trillion end of 2019 to about 18.4 trillion, roughly 20% in the first 5 month of 2020. Theoretically and historically, M2 is directly correlated w...

Riley C. Debate: Buy or Wait Given Looming Economic Recessionary Fears
15 January 2019 | 45 replies

Hi BP,I've set out a goal to purchase my first property before my current lease ends in April. I'm currently renting in Chicago and I'm looking buy a multifamily property in certain up and coming areas in inner city C...

Adam Bartomeo Are You a Multi Family Sheep Being Lead to the Slaughter
29 December 2015 | 88 replies

Years ago I learned that when everyone is headed in a direction that you need to pay close attention to what is going on to avoid pitfalls. When my chiropractor started telling me that he was going to buy two rentals ...

Cameron Lam Should I cash out in this environment? 43% CoC to 115% CoC!
25 March 2020 | 11 replies

Hi guys!I'm partnered up in a duplex that has joint title with me and my partner out in Phoenix, AZ.  Our original numbers were as follows.Original Numbers-$309K Purchase Price at 4.875% 30 year fixed-$278K Loan Amoun...

Daniel Dietz How to Lenders figure DTI Ratio on Rental Units?
30 March 2015 | 23 replies

So far I have only bought property within my SDIRA on a cash basis, so have not needed to work with lenders. Soon I will be buying one or more rentals outside of my SDIRA, using 'conventional financing'.

Th...