Irvine , CA Thursday, January 07, 2016 According to a new study of companies leaving California during the last eight years, the state's business climate will worsen because of a multitude of proposed tax hikes and ne...

It seems as if a large number of buy and hold investors try to use the 50% rule for their rental properties. I myself think the rule makes perfect sense and that is what I use also.

I would like to get everyone's o...

It was just a couple of days ago I got this wild idea to invest in real estate. The thought originated as something my husband and I could invest in as a kind of self-paying college fund for our kids! So I'm halfway t...

I’ve been listening to a gazillion podcasts, reading books, articles, running numbers, day in and out.....ANYTHING to educate myself on this process! Got my money/funding in place... I even worked with a realtor in my...

Hello BP investors!
I am looking for (more!) BP members to interview about their biggest real
estate mistakes and what they learned from them for possible publication
in BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.Stories will...

Hello, I am fairly new to bigger pockets and this is my first forum question. I was wondering if anyone has experience with traveling to the Caribbean or buying properties in the Caribbean. I am wanting to purchase a ...

Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

This is an open discussion about non-profits providing or facilitating special needs or specialty housing, yet doing so profitably for those who operate the housing services. This has basically arisen out of another t...

Just watched this fascinating and well-done story by CNBC on "What’s Driving California’s Mass Exodus?"
Now, I live and invest in California, so I'm definitely not a California hater.  However, I'm also no California...

Today's market is much different from the market we have seen in the past 3 years
Interest rates were at an all time low for too long. This gave many people the opportunity to buy in at historically low rates.
This...