Jason Merchey
Recasa
Anyone taken out a rehab loan by Recasa? They seem like they have their stuff together, and accept only very qualified candidates, which is why they claim a 100% payback rate! Wow. They must be uber-selective. It...
Lena S.
Investing in Aurora, Il, downtown
What's your opinion on investing in real estate in downtown Aurora? Downtown location looks nice, small mixed-use development buildings still affordable, city looks like is getting better and better.
Greg R.
Steve Van Metre proclaims housing market on brink of crash
Who is Steve Van Metre? Steve Van Metre is a notable financial planner and macro manager that specializes in retirement income strategies and the direct management of client assets. In addition to managing portfolios,...
Joe White
Using Velocity of Money in Real Estate Investing
Velocity of money is an economic term that refers to how quickly money changes hands within an economy. It's often used as a key metric of an economy's health. The faster a dollar gets spent, then re-spent, and re-spe...
Bryan Hancock
EB-5 Financing For Development Projects
I was wondering if any of the folks on BP could share their EB-5 experience as it relates to small development projects. I am thinking of using some debt that was pooled via EB-5 financing for a $6M project we're wor...
Mathew Geevarghese
Good wholesalers in DFW?
Hi BP members - I recently joined BP and this is my first post. Sorry if this end up being a bit long.Just to give a brief intro before getting to my question...I am an investor that recently moved to Plano from Chica...
Ethan M.
Looking at potential market via Zilow Data
I recently did some data crunching on Zillow's public datasets. I wanted to see what markets have both a relatively high rent-to-price ratio and high appreciation. I came up with this list:region-name:mean-appreciatio...
Jason Baik
How I went from a white lie to 300+ units in 1.5 years
Hello all,
I’m a former corporate data scientist turned full-time investor. I’ve had a tough but rewarding journey these past few years and I’d like to share my personal experience to hopefully help others in the ear...
Devin James
We Need Higher Density & Smaller Homes - Thoughts?
Affordability is one of the biggest challenges in today’s housing market.
I believe smaller, more dense units are part of the solution:
1) Buyers can only afford smaller homes in today’s economy.
2) Denser unit...
Russell Brazil
Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful
Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful – A Lesson From The Financial Crisis
“Be fearful when others are greedy; be greedy when others are fearful.” – Warren Buffett
There is a lot of fear in the market place right now. T...