I was interested to hear what others might be doing in securing non-bank financing. We all have a circle of potential lenders/acquaintances that we could tap, without the hassle (or outright impossibility) of dealing...

BP Community,I would like to receive input from those in the community who have more experience than I do. First a little background on me. I am new to real estate investing and BP. I started my journey a little over ...

Hello everyone,
I am a brand new investor.  I live in San Diego.  I rent my own place and have been for the past 8 years.  I have about $35 saved to invest and I would like to put it towards my first investment prope...

I bought a duplex and feel like I did everything wrong from over spending on renovations to who I hired for contractors. The learning curve a killer but now I am stuck on unloading my burden selling it to break even o...

I watch what the other countries are doing to address the government debt and I know that is coming our way. I want to be prepared.

Callapsed stock markets,devalued currency, and higher taxes are just a few thoughts...

Hello BP community!

Recently I decided to take this spring semester off from school to take the time and really decide if college / the degree path that I was on was really something that I wanted.

Currently I am ...

I need to stop doing this, but I had a discussion with a work colleague regarding investing. He has a few rental properties but does most of his investing in the US stock market. When I brought up the fact that I was ...

I can't say how many times people have told me this once I tell them I work in real estate. I've done my research and I think I have a pretty good comeback especially when they throw articles from CNN like this at me:...

So I felt like this would be a good subject to journal, both for the input from the pros and as a loose guide for others venturing into this field of investment.

Although I have been involved in the purchase...

I was in the process of talking to different folks to build my team prior to seriously considering a off-market 6 million deal in Fortworth/Arlington Texas area.
I called this tax attorney, who scared the heck out of...