I've been involved with real estate investing in some capacity for about 30 years. Even when I ran my multi-state public accounting firm, I still dabbled in buying and selling single family homes. Of course, life was ...

Hi all, I'm looking to buy my first investment rental in the Northern Virginia area. Budget is 400K. Looking for appreciation and modest cash flow at least. (The more the better obviously.)  I had high hopes about ...

There is talk on the internet about terrorists being the cause of the housing market today. I can see where that would be the cause if you go back to 9/11. I remember we did not get an order in at the appraisal offi...

Hi BP members,Anyone know why certain states are excluded from RE investment in SDIRA account?  My state is on the list.Is Checkbook IRA breaking IRS rule in any way?  It is offered as a way to bypass buying RE in SDI...

I have a very basic question (almost sounds silly), I keep hearing property prices always go higher in the long term (not referring to short term fluctuations). Apart from that's how its been historically can someone ...

I’ve heard rumors about plans the government is getting ready to set into motion that will force home owners to give possession of all private property over to where no one will be allowed to own their own homes. As s...

Possible Housing Market Crash based on Pending Home SalesUp to this day the US housing market has not been affected by Covid19, but now a lot of potential buyers decide against buying new houses as they a re afraid of...

Hello everyone I perused the BP community in the forums section to determine if gold as hard assets (with the ability for liquidation) would have application as collateral for doing a real estate deal. I am a collecto...

Coronavirus seems way worse than 2008.& yet prices are way above 2008.dow was around 9k.  now it's at 21k.  very few businesses that I would buy at this point. mayb ppeople think vaccine might be found or warmer w...