Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

I have a rental property I purchased cash using my credit cards. I purchased it for 18k rehabbed it and now it appraised about 35k. The interest rates went up and I really don't want to sell for 35k I'll break even on...

Make Sure You Get This One Right
By Niels C. Jensen

There are those who sweat over every decision, worrying about how it will affect their lives and investments. Then there is the school of thought that we should f...

Hi everyone, I'm considering purchasing a property in Orlando close to Disney World for both personal use and also for investment purposes.  Looking to connect with anyone who already has a vacation rental in Orlando,...

Hello fellow BPs! As a new member this is my very first post on the forums; with many more to come I hope, I'd like to say hello!With all that I have been learning about multi-family rentals, I came across AirBnB and ...

I have long been weighing the option of acquiring an MBA as it seems to be the most practical real world degree for someone developing their business acumen and career. As a real estate agent and investor is this requ...

I would like to address a concern I have about the herd-mentality of everyone and their uncle becoming "investors" and how this is likely to have very serious long term implications on housing that few have thought mu...

I was driving home from a party yesterday afternoon and saw a truck with a big American flag driving on the freeway. I asked my wife what's the occasion? She said September 11. She reminded me that I've been off my W2...

I know people have different opinions on paying off rentals but for those who have how do you like it? Did it allow you to buy more properties faster,did you pay for the next property with cash or did you end up takin...

Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...