I am looking to do a self directed IRA, i was thinking of using
the "Equity trust Company" www.trustetc.com.

Their fees seem reasonable, the service seems capable, and they
are out of Ohio which is not a hotbed of f...

Hi All,First time posting on here but I have been an avid reader of the forums for a couple years. Great learning tool.I invested in single family homes in Houma, Louisiana from 2006-2009 and did okay, a couple rehab/...

Not that we are super experienced but if we hadn't taken classes this is something we may have fallen for. Recently we found a house for sale by owner on Zillow. We contacted the seller and received a text back that i...

I spend a decent amount of time lurking here but rarely post. That said, I thought I'd share my recent Mobile Home investment story. I was looking to buy some mobile homes last summer for cash and then flip it as an o...

I've been seeing this question often from those in high school, especially those interested in Real Estate. Do I go to college? I think it's situational and depends on what you want to get out of college. What are eve...

So I'm lying in bed, exhausted. Just when I fall asleep, my cat wakes me up just to be annoying.

But rather than quickly falling back to sleep... I start doing real estate math in my head. And suddenly I'm wi...

I've been looking into the possibility of tiny homes, airstream, or something similar as an AirB&B spot to plop down somewhere... Interestingly, someone has got creative, and is leasing out their tiny home to some...

Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property.  A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago.  I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...

I currently own and manage 7 single family properties. I've thought about getting a property manager in the future, but I really don't understand why they require a percentage as opposed to a fee for the work done. Th...

I actually have 2 things to celebrate today:1. This is my 5,000 post to Bigger Pockets!!!2. The last payment was made on a property I bought in 2012 using peer to peer lending on a 3 year loan!What better way to celeb...