The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...

I just listened to a Cameron Dunlop webinar with Lee Arnold.  I am a private lender, and have quite a bit of money to invest with, however, looking into another avenue and cash reserve is interesting.  They are sellin...

TL;DR at the end if you don't feel like reading about my life story.I've been interested in RE since I was 15. My plan B if I wasn't accepted to college was to become a real estate agent, and later a broker.To my surp...

hey guys -- new to the space and community, really grateful for the resource. Have had a great year of income from private client projects and looking to deploy some capital to building sustainable structure for my fu...

In looking at the Minneapolis market, many multifamily homes are built around the 1900s. This is going on 122 years old, which means many harsh winters, degradation, foundation issues, etc. Many have boiler heat and A...

I constantly get asked, "When are you and Carol going to get your own real estate TV show?!?!" Since I enjoy embarrassing myself, I thought I would provide an answer...along with a video... As backstory, over the p...

Hi there BP family, 
I heard on a recent podcast episode from the guest (David seemed to concur) not to mess around with ARM loans. Can anybody offer insight into that? Whose had any experience at all with them and w...

Hey Everyone!I am a 21 year old who just began looking into real estate investing. I'm a 2nd shift factory in New Hampshire, but I grew up in Houston and moved to stay with family when I was 18. I spend my free time r...

Hi Everyone! I'm new to the real estate investing game and am wanting to purchase my first multifamily property in Chicago in the next 6 months. I'm planning on taking out an FHA loan to take advantage of 3.5% down an...

Hi BP Community,I just offered on a property in Brooklyn, New York that is in the process of going through a full gut renovation and being flipped. The property is a two-family.  It is off-market, so there is no compe...