I recently got married and upon the final details found out that my spouse's condo was behind on payments because she had accidentally let the insurance lapse and a pipe burst.I was just beginning my real estate/renta...

Hello fellow BPers.  I have been a long time reader of these forums and have picked up a tremendous base of knowledge from you, my colleagues, on this forum.  I am mostly a passive investor, and so have not had a real...

And by far, is income taxes. I know there are tremendous legal methods how to not pay income taxes, or to pay very little. Judge Learned Hand(his real name!) once said in a court case " it is the right of every Americ...

"from 1890 to 1990. The American dream of building wealth through homeownership is a FALLACY. That was the bubble thinking but its still fresh in our minds."

Robert Shiller, Economist Yale University, and c...

Hi All,I'm curious how people are continuing to justify buy-and-hold investments in Illinois suburbs with the current state of property taxes. I've got my eye one pretty inexpensive property which is listed at $80K, w...

Recently, I read "Nomadland" about people who are poor or living on minimal social security and trying to get by. Some of my relatives have problems paying for housing and they don't understand how to navigate the sys...

How do we create housing that is affordable for the existing citizens of Birmingham and still make a profit? The current Revitalization is setting market rates far out of reach of most all Birmingham citizens with hou...