So I have to put $1,500,000 in a rental somewhere. The option (for whatever reason) is either LA (appreciation) or Baltimore (cash flow).Sure, investors never can agree to disagree on which is best, but the numbers se...

Ok, so I understand that everyone's situation, property, location is different and thus I'm stressing that this was just my own personal experience and I'm over it - after only 2 weeks ;-)Beginning of the year I decid...

I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...

My wife is super pessimistic with things and worst case is the first thing to her mind about most things.  I wan't to do a BRRRR but she has a hard time wrapping her head around the idea. Not sure how to get her on bo...

Dear BP friends --I am thinking of buying a property for cash.  However, I am concerned about using up all of my non-retirment money on a property deal.  It's just scary.  We obviously need to have an emergency fund f...

Buying a house is straightforward; managing it can be a whole different challenge. The same principle applies to real estate syndications. Over the past few years, many groups have raised funds and acquired properties...

I'll kick off the obligatory "what are you going to do better" post for 2015 . . . so, how are you planning on making this year a more successful one than last year?

TLDR: Over the course of a 3-year relationship with Memphis Invest, I had multiple negative interactions and moved my portfolio to a different PM.
I am in the Air Force and move every 2-3 years. I’ve always been inte...

Over the years I’ve seen many questions here on BiggerPockets forum related to various aspects of using self-directed Solo 401k real estate investing. But the challenge is that those questions are spread out across pr...