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Hey everyone. I am new to BP and I currently do not have any investment properties. I plan to close on something this coming March. I have the idea of starting out with a single family or a condo/townhome for a rental...
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I recently signed up for iul. However now I'm hearing stories that they may be a scam or some type of pyramid scheme. Does anyone have any experience with them
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I have been doing a lot of research regarding the Dodd Frank act. I have a couple of ideas that might help avoid legal issues with Dodd Frank. I spoke with my attorney yesterday and he said on one knows if rent to own...
So many people are graduating college every year with tens of thousands of dollars of debt. Many of these graduates are having a hard time finding jobs that pay 50K+. It doesn't make sense to me to "invest" all of thi...
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According to Reuters, S&P has downgraded the US Credit Rating from AAA to AA+ and may likely downgrade again in the next year plus.
Thoughts? Insight?
I realize this may get political, but think this is an impo...
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Just saw a story on 60 minutes about several very large banks manufacturing ownership documents. All related to mortgage forclosures in the past several years. It appears they can not come up with the real title of ow...
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A reply on another thread made me wonder about something. Mikeoh mentioned fannie mae is showing 5% appreciation annually over the past 50 years on average. The Rule Of 72 says that to find out how long it takes to do...
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Are any of you short sale investors aware of Senate Bill 94 which was placed into action October 12, 2009? If not, you need to read up on it right now. While it only affect us in CA, other states are soon to follow, a...
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I was driving by one of my properties when I noticed my tenant had a pit bull in her unit of the duplex (spring valley CA). The duplex has a no pet policy.
My property manager gave her a 30 day notice to cure...
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I’m doing my first ever, move the stuff onto the lawn eviction tomorrow at 9 am. Tenant is $6,200 behind on rent. Just stopped communicating in October. Won the eviction case in November, but judge delayed my ability ...