If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can?  So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio.  My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...

I want to talk about my experience taking Rich Dad/Elite Legacy Education's three days Real Estate workshop. The conclusion: it's a scam. The purpose of this post is to alert people about this $35K scam (since BP has ...

Hi BP community. I am having a great time in Wichita, KS in my first year and a half to two years of investing; we have taken an aggressive approach by investing in a low income high crime area near downtown Wichita. ...

I always hated being stuck in human body, and the human brain is even worse.  It has this storage of ridiculous stupid emotions that hold us back and in my case it's stronger than any rational capabilities I didnt get...

Ive been in the business almost a year now and have 1 transaction pending with one overpriced listing to show for it. I have nothing coming up as of now. I joined a boutique RE agency because at the interview they tol...

In recent years my mother has, as she said it, gifted me her old house, this process was done without me signing anything and I became the owner of this house that I'm responsible for.  Just within the last year I've ...

Many people involuntarily find themselves involved with real estate investing. They stumble around making all kinds of mistakes as they are looking for guidance or training to help them along their path to wealth. Som...

I've been having a hard time finding a property to purchase. As soon as I seem to find a decent property there are multiple offers on it. I've ended up putting in the offer anyway, but nothing has come out of it yet. ...

Anyone have an efficient method (and economical way) to track down sellers of vacant properties?
If I don't find a better way, I'm going to take my returned letters and trash them (I'm just too ADD) - but I know there...

I’m new to BP and am venturing into buy and hold REI with a skeptical spouse. He supports me using my inheritance funds for investing, but chooses not to participate himself because he lacks confidence in and understa...