In the last month or so I’ve received tenant applicants that would like  to supply their own credit reports? I have always ran their credit report and charged them. I use my own company that I work with. I hate to los...

As a property manager I'm familiar with many trends in fees/revenue generating practices that property managers charge. Some of these practices do not align the property manager and property owner's interest. For exam...

A recent post questioned whether owners buy flood insurance. There were a few posts and replies.
I've owned properties and paid insurance on well over 1000 homes in the last 40 years. Do you know how many insura...

On a vacation to Whistler this past week I managed to read Rich Dad, Poor Dad (in between shredding the slopes) and thought that it was an interesting read. The concept of the rich buy assets versus buying liabilit...

Especially @James Hamling   , just read a market statistic and its mind blowing.The age of first time home buyer in California is now 49 years old, in 1980 it used to be 32 years old.In TX:  37 years old and FL is 42 ...

This is less of an investing question and more of a real estate question, but I would really appreciate some advice from you experienced pros.

I recently bought a flip (my first mistake) for my own use as an owner oc...

Hey BP, Now that I've got your attention, I sadly do not have millions of dollars. However I do have 100k in private money that I can use at my discretion. I am very green and have learned allot from BP, the pod casts...

Here's an article regarding the topic:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/SuperModels/mad-world-chinas-bind-is-ours-too.aspx


I've been very interested i...

I’ve been reading a ton of posts recently where people have recently quit college or a job, or are thinking about doing so. While I commend people on having the commitment and passion to peruse a different path, but t...