I'm a newbie, and recently attended my local DFW Real Estate Investment club this Saturday. I heard this interesting idea about a buy and hold philosophy in relation to vacancy:

Most investors don't own enoug...

Finding deals is hard. Getting started is hard. Taking the plunge can be nerve-wracking and a familiar term on this site is analysis paralysis.  Episode 233 of The BiggerPockets Podcast features Arianne Lemire, and he...

I've seen a lot of posts about people eager to start an RAL and wanted to share some of the costly lessons I have learned and hopefully you can realize it before embarking on these projects. I've noticed the usual pos...

I have had the thought many times that I should jot down how I got where I am and where I am going so I can look back when I need to and see how far I have come to re-energize me to keep going.  Almost like a journal,...

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First post on BP here. Probably a bit longer than usual...but I am an avid (not necessarily good) writer. I don't know exactly where I am going with this or what I expect to get from it, but let's see wher...

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I'm new to these forums. A few months ago, I read Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad. After that, I bought and read a lot of the other books in the Rich Dad series. I then began reading real estate books from oth...

Hi BP members,I am looking to invest in a SFH that cost about $400,000.  With 20% down the property will negative cash flow $500/mo.  It breaks even @40% down.  One lender advised me it's better to negative cash flow ...

I contracted to purchase an REO in December of 2010, skipping all the long and boring details, I finally just received word that the deal is accepted and I am now in escrow. I will not post any of the real numbers her...