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Hello! I'm looking for a few quotes for a future issue of BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine. Do you want to be featured in our next edition? If so, please answer the following question and I may use your name, city, and s...
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I want to share something here. If there is still a question whether to raise or lower tax rates, please back it up with facts, or history, please.
This lesson will come in 3 parts.
Harding and Cololidge period
part...
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Not technically a real estate company, however, due to their large amount of RE holdings/assets, this is the place for this thread.
As many of you know, there is a BP thread about the terrible business practices of B...
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I'm trying to get started in real estate investing with this going for me/against me:Have almost $5,000 available from college prepaid that I don't want to use on a degree (my interests don't require a degree)Just rec...
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What's your worst ESA / service animal story? Hopefully that's well behind you...I've long said that it will take big money lobbyists (likely from the air travel industry) to push into motion some type of regulation o...
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Maybe I'm naive but here's how I think we should have spent the first bundle of bailout money.
1) Take a look at each loan in Foreclosure and see what could be done to get them out of that state. (buy down interest r...
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Thought this was interesting to see in "Institutional Investor" Magazine. The banks and big asset managers are creating new private placement (Hedge) funds to enter the Foreclosure market. They want to acquire and r...
This article is mainly about Chinese investors in the UK, but let me tell you that they are here in the US as well. According to the article, investors from China and Hong Kong make up 11% of all UK sales.
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When using a self directed IRA as a down payment on a rental property, I'm understanding that any cash flow can't be touched for personal use (if that's not the case please chime in). What happens then if you wanted t...