Hi All! My husband and I have recently gotten our LLC approved by Pennsylvania and are on the look out for our first fix and flip.  I have a question about hard money. We are looking at multiple hard money lenders to ...

It seems like the worse the neighborhood, the more the rental profit.
For example, in a bad neighborhood, I can buy a $45,000 house that rents for ~$850/month.
In a good neighborhood, I can buy a $100,000 house that ...

Hello BP nation! My question for BP nation is what is your day job? Although we would love to be, most of us are not yet full time investors.  As I grow older and try to figure out the direction of my career, I love ...

Hey everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...

I’m looking to purchase my first property. I proposed the idea to my father and he likes the idea. My dad and I have a modest amount of money to get started. I’m very nervous about getting into money and business with...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/business/economy/23decline.html?hp

It seems like they might be jumping the gun a bit. Yesterday they had an article that small time investors are leaving the stock market. But people...

Property appraisal value: 265K

Borrower's down payment: 79K

You 1st trust deed: 132K

Seller: 2nd trust deed: 70K

Two year balloon

In addition to the high combined loan to value, what e...

I am thinking of transferring funds from my Simple IRA to a self-directed real estate IRA. Wondering if anyone has done this and how difficult is it?

I am debating on setting up an LLC for holding my Wisconsin property.  I am Looking at getting my second property sometime in the near future.  I have read that Wisconsin has a watered down version of the Series LLC l...