Please share your "Why?"
Here's mine: Personally, I believe in real estate investing  because I don't believe in job security.
This has been my experience...I have worked since I was 15 years old, mostly for small b...

I have been hammering away at trying to start a fix and flip real estate business of single homes in the Chicago market. I have tried pursuing several avenues to identify opportunity including knocking on homeowne...

I come on to BP every day.  I've got a large amount of keywords set up.One of them is "mentor".  You can imagine, I see posts every day of new people coming on looking for a mentor.Here's the thing.  I get it.  I unde...

As I'm researching and reading and google searching and listening... I'm learning.I just wanted to use this space to note things I learn as I learn them.  I have absorb so much in the past month.  Not looking for a lo...

Hi everyone,
I had my first eviction case experience and it was quickly dismissed in favor of the tenant.  My property manager did everything by the book. The tenant was on a month-to-month lease and we gave her more...

Hello, I hope you find this post motivational and inspiring. At the young tender age of 16, my family set me up in an arrange marriage. Not knowing much about life, I agreed and did as my family wished. Still driven t...

Hi everyone,

I am looking to purchase a piece of property in Philadelphia using a conventional mortgage in my name and later transfer it to a newly formed LLC. A previous post from 2008 states banks won't let you do ...

I'd like to get some opinions on debt. I'm 23 and have 6 figures on school loans, which don't bother me a bit, matter of fact I refinanced  them from 12 to 20 years to free up cash for REI  (cutting my interest in hal...

Hi all,

I recently read a post on the BP blog about the importance of having a defined goal for your investment strategy. So, I thought I might share my goal and see what ideas other investors might have for accompl...