obama received an award as man of the year from the newspapers guild over the weekend. No press was evidently allowed to attend(so much for transparency). Now today, a bill was introduced to allow the failing entities...

First post alert! Greetings Bigger Pocket Family!For those seasoned investors (or newbies), how did you get started?  Let's be honest, there is a wealth of information found all over the internet and in Podcast.  Howe...

I've been asked to pay $1,365.00 for Appraisal fee, loan origination and processing fees before loan can be sent to underwriting. It's a 6 month fix and flip loan at 8.65% plus 3 points in and 2 out. It's my first dea...

Hi All,Why is it that all these house flippers out there take 3-6-9 months or more to rehab their house?I mean no disrespect, I just want to start a discussion and let everyone play devil's advocate.I'm talking about ...

Hey BP,

I was recently listening to the awesome interview that's in the BP blog that @Douglas Dowell did with securities attorney and syndicator Gene Trowbridge. It was full of some great i...

Good morning,I'm a landlord with 1 property.  It's a 4 bdrm and rents for $1950/month.  I have been paying $135/month to a property management company and as far as I can tell, all they do is collect the rent, keep th...

My wife and I want to Househack in Baltimore City Maryland. The plan is to live there a year or so with other tenants. Then rent the property. We are looking for a 4 unit. We have heard both good and bad things about ...

Just wondering if people had any thoughts on Ron Legrand, also they offer several programs one is called ACTS .Control without ownership does anyone have any thoughs on this.

Hello BP People! I know that this topic has been beat to death already and that the general consensus is to house hack before buying, however, my situation is a little unique and I would appreciate some input from the...