Currently, Obama's financial advisors have stated that the high end tax bracket will go up to 39+%. Does anyone think this high end tax bracket might go up to 50%+ or more?

What is a good balance between debt and leverage?The biggest mistakes I have made were when I assumed I was strong enough to overcome the psychological effects of dealing with debt. Last year (just after I was on the ...

One of the more confusing things for me with RE Investing is the math involved.  I understand I can plug all the numbers into a calculator to analyze a deal, but there are so many parts that need to be analyzed and co...

Hi BiggerPockets!I'm a programmer working in the Bay Area. Since the real estate in the San Francisco area is ridiculous, and ultimately unaffordable for me, I'm looking to do business outside of the area.I have a pre...

Many seasoned Realtors, especially on these forums, likely already know what I'm going to share and use escalations all the time. I didn't break any new ground or invent anything new. I've simply put things I've lear...

I'd like to get the forum's opinion of what everyone thinks is a happy medium for equity in an investment property. I don't want too much. A good source of capital is refinancing current properties.

I'm alw...

I've read several people's profiles and I have seen a number of grammatical mistakes. I understand this is not English class and I understand that when we are creating posts or post replies, we write quickly and a...

I need an impact driver, circular saw and trimmer (weed whacker).  In the future, I may also get a chainsaw, blower, who knows what else.  The new cordless options look good but it's hard to find non-biased (ie- paid ...

I'd love to hear from people that have done a significant amount of rental property investment with property management.I know that in theory you don't really have to deal with much since you're paying for property ma...

I'm new to the real estate, in the military and just purchased my first home (3bd/2ba/2car garage) with the VA loan on Oahu for a little over 500k and it's estimated rent is $2,400/mo. I understand this is not sustain...