There are always stories about people who were burned buying before the financial crisis a decade ago. Can we get some inspirational deal rundowns from people who have held from 2008-2010 purchases? What was the deal?...

hi! I’ve been lurking on BP for a while and listening to the podcasts. A writer I admire contributes here and I’ve been hooked for months. I hope to eventually make it into real estate, hopefully multi family. Also in...

Hey BP Community,I watched a pretty good documentary a few nights ago and figured I would recommend it to everyone. It's called "Money for Nothing" and is currently on Netflix.Primarily, the documentary is about the F...

We have several rental properties.  Some owned outright for Cash, one has a mortgage.We are selling two properties in the next 60 days.  We want to take the proceeds from those sales, which will be between 85-115K and...

There are at any given time several posts about how people are “waiting for the correction or crash” to invest in RE. Are there any BP investors who have deliberately (in a planned manner) timed a market knowing a cor...

I have been thinking a lot about using margin loans to refi some loans in my buy & hold investment real estate portfolio (not using it as a bridge loan, but permanent financing). I know…I know it sounds like a bad...

Hello all,Without making this a political discussion, are any of you guys concerned about the long term down trend of home-ownership %? Per some analysis, home-ownership % will be around 55% from 62-63% right now in n...

Thoughts about this latest Fed article that consumer "exuberance" might be tipping us into a market correction?

Fed Article - click
Some highlights from the article:
Our evidence points to abnormal U.S. housing m...

I'm eager to gain insights from Manufactured/Mobile/RV Home Community investors and developers regarding the current economic climate. As affordable housing remains a critical concern, these housing options have a sig...

Hello BP community, I'm new to the site and this is my 1st post.My wife and I bought our 1st house this past summer using all cash in Portland, Oregon for 360k. We have been self-employed for 5 years exporting America...