I logged on to my local MLS today and noticed a new message with an attachment from the US Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that speaks (in general) about how almost 1/3 of the US population has a criminal ...

Hi everyone! So I've heard about the 1% rule & 2% rule (or guidelines) when purchasing a rental property: the monthly rental rate should be 1%-2% of the total amount you have in the property to make it a good inve...

Excerpt from a post I made on the stock investing forum "The Motley Fool." The audience is stock investors who are equally passionate and successful in stocks as the BP community is in REI. Many of them think going al...

Fair warning...I'm a newbie here.

I've been meeting with two individuals in a partnership that have their own real estate investing company.

They're willing to mentor me and help me through deals as I find the time ...

I originally posted a three part series on early retirement in May of this year. At the time, I had another goal that I was working on. Well, here is where I stand.

Most on here know I travel a lot! Wifey says ...

Before I did my first deal, I spent time on BP searching for people like me going through their first dealings in this business. I found many who started sharing their adventure but when it started to get good, the t...

I wanted to see what everyone's thoughts were as far as how much per door you look to get on an investment. Do you look to make at least $100 dollars a door after all is paid (Mortgage, Taxes, Insurance, Property Mana...

here is an example of how to use hard money to buy and rehab your foreclosure purchases, all the way thru refinancing them to a conventional 30 year loan. Yes, I agree that you can get properties for far less money...

My fiancée and I just bought our first duplex that is already occupied. We hired a friend who does maintenance for a large real estate management company. He has recently started doing personal jobs on the side but is...

Hello BP, My name is Tyler Moore, and I am a new investor in the Army National Guard who is currently on deployment. My goals are to do wholesale deals, and own residential and storage property. If anyone has any good...