I was at a coffee shop the other day with a very good friend, and she was flipping through one of the local weekly papers, and she asked why so many brokers put their pictures in their ads. I couldn't offer any good i...

I put a piece of land under option and went through the whole process of getting quotes for everything for a 36 unit condo project.  Below are the numbers I came up with.  I have no idea how to make money in developme...

Hello,I am new to this forum and real estate investing. I have been doing some reading and feel that real estate could potentially help me reach my goal of financial freedom so that I have more time to spend with my f...

RIP John Q. Hammons, 1919-2013

Most here probably don't know of this man, Known as John Q. he passed away last night in his home. He was a small town boy from Fairview, Missouri who became a real estate ledgend. He a...

Just curious how many people here have given up on the stock market as it relates to their retirement plans?

Given the lackluster performance of the S&P / Dow / Nasdaq over the past ten years does it even make ...

BP,I’ve been reading and researching a ton (for years) and the finances are finally in place to pull the trigger. Now I’m having difficulty picking which house - please provide your experienced thoughts!Do the little ...

I am currently a junior in high school and as i am graduating next year i am curious as to becoming a real estate agent and then after establishing myself using the commissions to fuel my investing. I had a few questi...

Hello BP Nation,

I am trying to assess (re-assess) our investment holdings outside of RE. We are in our early 50's and I am quite awful at the stock market, etc. I wanted to ask what investment vehicles/allocations...

Hi all,I am a newbie in real estate and getting to learn from BP. I live in the bay area, CA (on rent) with my family. Home prices here are so high, more so in good school districts, I cannot afford (my be I do not wa...

Hey BP family, we've decided to add a basement apartment to our house and we're trying to decide if we should go with a long-term renter or if we should try short-term (think traveling nurses / doctors, not Air BNB) a...