Bill Gulley posted in another thread that he'd rather have "5 150K properties than 20 32K properties, all things considered. Generally, less maintenance, less management efforts, fewer collection problems, less vacanc...

The history of markets tells us that we will always have a crash.  

This graph shows total consumer debt in the US since 2003
Housing crashes come from over indebtedness, this graph shows that US consumers have mo...

Ok - Looks like the NY Post called the election for Obama . . . seems like the rest of the nets are tiptoing around it. So, I'll stand behind the Post and call it for Obama.
[UPDATE - It is official - McCain is in ...

If the ARV of a property in San Diego is $500k, the rehab cost is $40k and you use the 70% rule, that means you have to buy the place for $310,000. My questions:- is that possible in the SD market? The purchase price ...

Assuming you have a corporate job with employer matching 401k, would you save money for down payment for real estate investment or would you invest in 401k?I understand this question can be answered differently depend...

Yesterday was an interesting day. I was at the gym and overheard a gym member talking to the trainer. He as trying to talk the trainer into buying a house. He was explaining his own house hacking experience and how he...

I've heard multiple times on podcasts, people that speak of large value from continued education, conferences, seminars, etc... But i've also seen a few BP blog posts warning that they are scams... The one around here...

So I thought I had it figured out with an agent, but so far I've had two that just don't seem to get it. I don't know if both of them just have had more familiarity with the slow and steady type of buyer waiting for t...

Hey, I'm looking to start investing in real estate and a little unsure of where to start. I want to do long term buy and hold investing of rental properties so that I can have an additional stream of income at reti...

Hey everyone,

I'm slowly but surely digesting lots of the videos and podcasts provided by the BP team. One thing I have found interesting is the 1%-2% "rule", which I will acknowledge the BP team has made clear is ...