For my savvy Real Estate investors out there who have attended the school of hard knocks.  What Real Estate Cliches have you found to be true, useful, or completely false. Here are my top 3 True Cliches:1. Risk comes ...

My fiancé owes a small 2bed 2bath townhouse outright. It was her primary with a roommate until she moved in with me, now it is rented fully. It is valued at $1.3mil and she bought for $550k 5 years ago so not a bad re...

Has anyone done an eQRP?  I am looking into the company Total Control Financial, but wanted to see if anyone has setup up one with the company before.  Seems like it may be better control of your money then SDIRA and ...

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I am strongly considering part of my SDIRA to be in Notes funds. I am looking for high quality players in the industry with great historical record.
Let's talk about good and "not so good" funds!
I w...

I don't care if you love or hate the current tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This post isn't intended to be political.I am curious to get the opinions of other BPers on what the investing road ahead/climate looks li...

We (husband and wife filing jointly) are looking for a CPA. While interviewing CPAs to file our 2012 taxes we are trying to determine if we should file a partnership return or listed all of our properties on our ...

Hey everyone. I wanted to bring up a recent news story to see what your thoughts are. I reported on our blog yesterday a story, Zillow Banned in Arizona by Regulators. Is the Novelty Wearing Off? where the mega corp...

Seattle has decided you don't control your destiny or your property

1. you don't have a choice in who you can accept for your rental . . . . 

WA Supreme Court approves Seattle law requiring landlords to accept f...

 I am a 44 year old teacher who suddenly inherited property in San Diego when my father passed away unexpectedly. I have no experience managing tenants or property. The home is a single family home in the Clairemont ...