I recently inherited a big chunk of change. I'd rather not disclose the full amount but I do pretty well in my day job (software sales), and it's about 8x the most I've made in a year. For now a sizable portion of it ...

Hi everyone!I am a single mom and physician in Baltimore, MD. I am eager to get into real estate investing, but keep getting stuck on how to start. I find that time is the biggest limiting factor. I also don't have an...

Hi All,Wondering if anyone has left a welcome present for new tenants moving in? If so what? Dan

Hello BP Community. I'm looking for some advise/suggestions regarding building the relationships/teams with boots on the ground in OOS markets.I'm a real estate Broker here in Southern California and investing in my o...

The mortgage on my personal residence was just sold by GMAC to Ocwen. I'm pretty nervous because there's tons of horror stories on the web about Ocwen (saying the payment wasn't sent in when it was, and many other mis...

I originally started writing about real estate because I wanted to hold myself accountable for my what I was doing, because I wanted to learn from my own mistakes and because I wanted to help others keep from making t...

So today while flipping channels, I came across a infomercial for Than Merrill. I guess he is in Chicago, so I watched it for a few minutes. He talked a lot about some "secrets" to RE success.

I have never ta...

Well I've built a small buyers list of 6 cash buyers and 9 investors, my other forum shows the steps I took to build even this small list. Now im on to step 2 and I realize I have no idea how to find a property much l...

Hey BP!After all expenses are subtracted, what's it the minimum cash flow you shoot for on a single family home?

I'm just holding and waiting to see how this texas market holds up for a while. Applicants for rentals are plentiful. Meanwhile, I'm broadening my horizons outside of RE for the ducks of it. What are you all doing? Me...