While cashflow is key to keep the property safely under control, I seem to find that the larger returns for our portfolio to date come from strategic growth of equity. My wife and I are still fairly small in our inves...

Why have you not sold, refinanced, or 1031 exchanged your pricey RE for more cash flow? I did and went from $50,000 cash flow to my current $120,000 cash flow and in 2 months moving to $160,000 cash flow.  Would you h...

Well, Minneapolis and Saint Paul decided last night that 99% of Nobel winning economists just don’t know economics as well as they do and decided to adopt rent control and save the cities. A 3% maximum rent increase e...

I’ve seen a few disturbing posts recently, mostly on social media, but a few here on BP as well, where the posters are reacting almost with glee that we may finally be heading toward a dip in real estate so they can c...

I hear a lot of talk about how it's different this time, and real estate prices won't be affected too much because everybody has so much "equity" in their homes. What people fail to understand is, why do they have so ...

BP contributors:
I for one believe we're not going to see a real estate crash anytime soon, and I firmly believe in the power of pessimistic thinking. But I'm also not wholly ignorant of all the aspects of this busin...

I am sure many of you will disagree with me, but I am seeing a lot of posts talk about “today’s high interest rates”I believe there are many of us who view today’s rates to be more of the norm versus the outlier.If yo...

I just finished reading Christine Karpinski's book 'How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner' . The slant of it was that if you manage yourself and use portals like Airbnb, vrbo, etc. you can break even or even get po...

Hello BP members and investors. I am an Asset Protection Attorney specifically for Real Estate Investors. I see lots of questions on this topic about how to structure your companies and protect your investments, but n...

It would be great if your guys could answer the following questions
- Were you able to quit your day job and live off cash generated from RE?
- If so, what age did you start investing, and how long after investing did...