Is it safer to own a property free and clear rather than leveraging? If the real estate market crashes again like it did in 2007-2008 aren't people who are leveraging at a risk to loose everything?

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I've been doing my due diligence before I start investing.

It seems as though most people want to find properties which main criteria being that the property has positive cash flow.

One book I've be...

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Can you use your 401k money or IRA money to purchase a real estate investment and keep the cash flow now? I see all over the internet a short answer of no, but what about the following situations:

1) example:...

I am currently looking for my first deal in real estate investing and have been wondering what ways I can expand or grow my real estate portfolio. I want to start with the mindset of growing my real estate investments...

Hi everyone,I have a question for all of the agents here on BP. I have been investing for a couple of years and ended up acquiring my real estate license last year (I want to transition into real estate as my full tim...

I recently purchased a duplex in Fairfield county. Each unit is 2 beds, 1 bath, 9 ft ceilings, parque floors, both apts are 1066 sq ft. Cost: 600kDown:25%When I bought the property one unit was empty and the other uni...

A little bit my background. I run 3 hedge funds currently and have worked 3 years as a framer and finish carpenter. I have done more than 300 construction projects and development projects. I also studied for my certi...

We bought our first home this past summer and didn't realize how bad of condition the walls are. We knew we had a few issues, but now realize almost every wall in the home needs work to look decent.We had planned to s...

Aspiring real-estate mogul, and self-made millionaire, my story:At age 27, I bought my first home in Seattle on Feb 2012 at the beginning of the real estate rebound from ‘08. Put 3% down on a beautiful 3 bed 2.5 bath ...

With lending standards just now beginning to loosen from a historic tightening, I find it bizarre (and frankly, offensive) the idea that Private Mortgage Insurance will now be something that will be permanently affixe...