I have landed a job along Lake St. Clair and am considering moving to the area. My commute is pretty ridiculous right now. However, I know I don't want it to be permanent. I am torn between buying a place or just rent...

Welcome BP compatriots to my weekly "Skeptical Take" on all things real estate, coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for...

I fully realize Cardone is a very polarizing individual, and that’s an understatement. I do disagree with him on some things, I’m not out to build an empire and we will probably always own our own home for various rea...

Hello!As the title suggests I'm looking for feedback on Rentvine from someone who has or does use it.  I have seen a lot of discussions on other PM software (Buildium, Propertyware, Property Manager, Appfolio, Yardi)....

I curiously joined BP on Dec. 30 last year, knowing nothing about investing in real estate.

Four months later, using the wisdom I found here, my husband and I just signed papers on our first investment house. The...

I was wondering how you guys feel about short sales. Do you guys think its worth the time to wait for a short sale or do you guys go straight for REOs because they can close quickly and you know what price you're gett...

Return citations were getting thrown around on another thread a few weeks ago so I took the liberty of dusting off some old finance texts where people try to get quite specific about citing returns. The case is made ...