It's been a while since I've been in real estate.  Just really getting my brokerage back up & running.  Needless to say I've been bringing myself up to speed on the new laws and surprised at how many people are br...

I've heard and read varying opinions of the job Bernanke has played during our financial crisis .... TIME magazine picked him for the following reason:

But the main reason Ben Shalom Bernanke is TIME's Person of th...

In another thread, @Bill Gulley and I had a brief discussion on underwriting guidelines. Rather than take that thread off topic, I created this one to hopefully further the discussion. The main contention was whether ...

Another investor in my network recently got a property under contract, and was looking to assign it. I saw it on Monday, and he gave me his "buy it now" price (ie: don't wait to see if any other investors are interest...

Hello to everyoneIs anyone familiar with DST? Has anyone used it in the past or currently  and which sponsor been used and how has the outcome and experience been?I am in the process of selling few of my rentals and d...

Hey!Up until now, we have bought our homes in cash. I wish we could continue to do so, because bank mortgages aren’t fun!I would really like to see if I could get some guidance from the BP community and figure out if ...

Every single person in the world at one time or another has had a fear of something. Whether it is a fear of something physical such as spiders, heights, the dark and water, we all deal with fears. For some real estat...

I have a deal worked out with a seller of a property that I located via my direct mail campaign. Then this realtor calls me claiming the property was listed with him and I have to go though him to purchase it. Now I...

Guest contacts me at 8 pm on check in day saying son is sick and taken to urgent care and they could not travel. They say they will try to check in on day 2 if son feels better. (they are 7 hours drive away). Day 2 th...