I came across this post in response to the question, "What is the worst advice you've received?"

Originally posted by @Justin B.:
"Make a lot of low offers and one will eventually be taken." Well yea, but ...

Hi All, 
I've been a real estate agent for 8 years and picked up a single-family rental a couple of years ago, but have never really gotten into the investing side of things myself even though I have several investor...

I'm all for fiscal conservatism (I really am), but those in power who have claimed to be fiscally conservative appear to either be lying or not very competent:

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If I have personal retirement funds in a self directed IRA right now, what options do I have for investing this in real estate? And can I use this money to invest in real estate for my own business (to fund rehab cos...

I was hoping to get thoughts from other BP members who may have experience in investing in crowdfunding type opportunities such as Realtyshares, Realtymogul, Fundthatflip, the Noteshop etc versus using fix and flip or...

I see no compelling evidence that buy and hold forever can produce real returns on capital north of what can be had in equities markets with very few exceptions. Please try to poke holes in my arguments below. Id love...

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I have some questions about investing in the USA and would like forumites’ opinions. I have been researching the opportunities in the US for some time now. I live in Australia.

My friend and I both found an in...

I don't understand fully how we as investors might be affected if the government gets serious about paying off debt and actually does it.

Let's assume for a second that the government comes up with a plan to pay off...

hello BP friends ... been MIA for a while and looking to get back in the RE groove of things, hoping to seek some advice on an off-market deal that was presented to me. It's a 3 unit bldg in the hot area of Bernal Hei...

Hello investors?Has anyone ever heard of a skiptrace service called TLO. I was referred by a colleague of mine and I wanted some more insight on the program before I decided to hop in it. I will be using the service f...