The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published the results of research conducted into how lenders are likely to be doing their business in the future, and what new information and personal data these companies pl...

Hi BP,My wife and I are going through a cash-out refi, and are having an appraiser come to our home within the next week. Please provide any DIY tips on how to receive the maximum value for our house. Your feedback is...

Economic Update
(Monday, March 22, 2012)
The TV commercial used to say “When E.F. Hutton speaks everyone listens.” Well, E.F. Hutton is no more. Now we have the Federal Reserve. And when the Fed speaks, truly EVE...

I have been living in NYC since 2006 when I came to US. All this time my plan was to start a business and invest profits in real estate. This year I have closed my first business with some financial loss, but educatio...

If you could pick one market in the country for an aspiring investor to get started in what would pick? Specifically looking into things like cost, area safety, ROI, taxes. States seem to South Carolina, Colorado, Ark...

Hello BiggerPockets!My parents have worked hard throughout their lives to put their kids through school and pay down the mortgageby the end of this year they will have finally paid off the house and are hoping to reti...

Background:My husband and I own a 5 acre parcel of commercial land. It houses our business, but that building & parking, etc. only take up maybe half an acre to one acre total. The rest is pretty much just sitting...

I want to submit an official, legally legit offer to a person whose deceased parent left a property with heavy tax liens, and who never wrote a will. This person is the only child, and is apparently daunted by the pro...

Hi BP-ers!Recently my REIA hosted a speaker from a firm who write self-directed IRAs. This seems like a valuable tool for investors but when I spoke to my accountant about it she said they could only be opened by indi...

Hey guys.I just got my first house under contract (!!!) and I'm equal parts excited and terrified. As a result, I'm turning to the Bigger Pockets community in the hopes that I can get some outside opinions on what the...