Conventional lending has just got even harder on us investors. In an attempt to recover from the huge losses on all the foreclosures (mostly from the rookie speculators betting on the come), lenders have come out with...

A friend of mine who is not a real estate investor said they knew of someone whose property taxes doubled when they switched the property to a rental. This seems crazy to me but I wanted to run it by you before I disc...

My name is Jon. I’m a father, husband, and friend first and foremost.
My career has been primarily focused in a sales capacity, most recently in the enterprise Software-as-a-Service space. I have specialized in comp...

What are the best tools to use for managing your real estate investments, and why? We’re just starting out, we have 3 properties, and I’m struggling to stay organized, especially during the remodeling. AccountingRecei...

Considering starting a rental property management company as I have some rentals and think it would help me with my real estate investing and give me a chance to work with myself and other investors rather than a 9-5 ...

Hello BP! I have a question in regards to good financial bookkeeping companies. What are good companies to use for personal finance and business finance? I hear mint.com is really good for personal but you can not pri...

Hi All,

I've spent the past couple of weeks reading through most of the site and I feel like I've gotten to know many of you pretty well. You can't say the same about me, though, so I think it's time I introduce mys...

I've seen a lot of advertising by gurus and others that encourage people to BUY existing businesses - it could be a real estate business, a merchant wholesaler business, and/or retail.Their argument is that starting a...

Hi everyone!

Are there any rules of thumb of how to establish a partnership with somebody to get the needed sum for down?

I'll try to explain on an example:

Suppose I'm interested in commercial re...

I recently left a job of 18 years and have an existing 401K. I am considering/wanting to take these funds out/use them for real estate purposes and have recently came across a company/recommended by my attorney/that s...