Today, I read only two blog posts on BP, and BOTH were about the same subject.  Getting Started in RE investing, essentially. I believe there are very real, and many imagined impediments to would-be, aspiring Real Est...

Hi all,
It seems to me that everyone I've talked to is waiting for the bubble to burst. Investors, people who are trying to buy their first home or people who want to trade up but can't right now.
If the market drop ...

Im looking to invest but want to do it all cash out of pocket. Is there anyone here who started working that way with say 15-25k? Sweat equity is no problem for me. Should I be scouting forclosure sales on the courtho...

so I have good credit, but even with a personal guarantee, Lowe's would not give my business a line of credit..how do you start getting credit for a new business when even a place like Lowe's willl not give your new L...

My recent BPO from WaMu was a drive-by, they didn't check the inside of the home.

I've been told that the next one will also be a drive-by...they don't reveal when it will be done, and there's no appointment set beca...

Hi everyone, I am a complete newbie but I have been listening to as many podcasts as I can and I also read "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Turner. I found the chapter on planning to be especially us...

@Joshua Dorkin , I wanted to ask if you could put together something structured (podcast, extended thread, book, etc) about the 07-08 real estate crash. A lot of us got burned badly during that time so it would b...

What the chance!  The worst wildfire in Gatlinburg, TN in a decade somehow found way to my apartment buildings in downtown (near town center).  Luckily all tenants were evacuated by police the night before and no one ...

yep, about a foot of water in my basement apartment in my triplex. Called the flood insurance company, but my deductible is fairly high ($5k) so I'm looking to still do this cleanup on the cheap. Anybody have any good...

Hey everyone,I live in Silicon Valley, which means I really need to look at investing out of my home state.  My dad lives in Phoenix, which is a growing market, and it seems like it could be a good place to start.  Th...