Good evening fellows, I'm currently in the process of buying my second property. I am using a VA loan and I am currently located in Virginia beach with the following search criteria: SFR 4/2 with a backyard ( garage i...

I hate everything about the phrase "house hacking". EVERYTHING! The term "house hacking', in my opinion, is derived from the internet culture of hackers; hackers hack websites in order to gain unfair advantages. The s...

New to BP and moving to Denver and hoping to begin my journey in REI.Does anyone have an opinion on the market in and around the Denver area.  My understanding of it is that home values and rent prices have skyrockete...

Hello everyone,
I've heard that some people will tell their tenants they are the property manager so that when a dispute comes up they can say the "owner" is the "bad guy" and not them. On the other side of the coin,...

Hey guys, i'm pretty new to REI, and I had an intetesting conversion with my grandfather the other day. My grandpa has a pretty impressive portfolio of SFR and small multifamilies worth about $5,000,000.... and it's a...

I was asking myself this question the other day:If I was an average person investing in a random town in a random part of the United States, would I be better off investing in Real Estate, or the Stock Market?Turns ou...

I'm a free-market person, but if the autos go under, we'll have millions of more people without work. Do you guys think we need a bailout or maybe some of you have some other ideas?

How many of you are aware of your personal balance sheet? While, I don't worry about pennies, I do track my balance sheet.

A personal balance sheet is slightly different than a business balance sheet.

Major Elemen...

In an effort to be real, honest and fair, I will admit I can think of 3 key things I like about Obama.

1. Credit card reform legislation. This was smart and is, for reasons I don't understand, an underplayed bipart...

Is it smart? Is it high risk? Will you go bankrupt? Is staying with your 401k's and mutual funds the best way to retire?

The reason why I bring up these questions is I had a big discussion with my father in l...