Hello everyone! My name is Robert L. Saunders and I am an old new member of BiggerPockets.  I say that because when I went to sign up for BiggerPockets a few months ago, I realized that I had already had been a member...

My wife will be going to graduate school this fall. We are blessed in the nature that her parents paid for all of her undergrad and she has roughly 30k left in her college fund. Most of the graduate programs run aroun...

I've been working with my current CPA for several years and have built a lot of trust, however, she's never worked with REI, rather entrepreneurs in almost every industry but RE. And after reading/listening to several...

I'm in college right now, learning on my own about real estate. I don't have a job right now, so I'm trying to find something that I could both make money in and develop real estate related skills that would be useful...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays BP!
I've been putting off this post simply because I wasn't entirely sure how I wanted to structure it. I've been a wannabe real estate investor for the last 3 years. You're probabl...

THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR) TO AIM FOR
The IRR should reflect the degree of risk you’re willing to take. The riskier an investment, the higher the IRR. If you’re purchasing a building that has decreased in valu...

So I rented my duplex to a newly divorced mom with two kids and her mother. We are six weeks in to a one year lease. The girl told me that she was recently divorced. Now she says they were just separated for a tri...

I want to know if buying a property in a specific city or a place how to analyze the economy or market there before buying a property?

@ Ryan York post response.  1.  Site Selection, 2.  Considerations blog, 3.  Site layout,   This may be a little disjointed, I am combining 3 different blogs and discussions I have had.1.  Site Selection:Your near Det...

http://www.housingwire.com/blog/student-loan-debt-making-it-more-difficult-get-mortgages

Obvious, I know. But looks like they will be renters for quite some time based on those numbers. Plus, it's nearly impossible...