I live in the Minneapolis area and am looking at purchasing a multifamily home to both live in and rent and ultimately acquire many multifamily rentals. In my area duplexes, and the rarer triplex, are not the norm- si...

I'm a brand new hopeful investor with no money of my own besides what I bring in with a 28k/year job.

My plan was to start marketing right away. I'm going to put out signs, craigslist ads, and generally drive around...

Just who does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the National Credit Union Association (NCUA) protect? Everyone feels it is their own savings that is being protected. Not so! The FDIC is actually set...

Okay, so I've put off posting on here for a long time because I find that many of my personal beliefs differ greatly from many on here. Specifically, I shy away from using heavy levels of debt to build a business from...

I'm going to start off by saying that I am extremely new to social networking sites, I have none but this one honestly and I'm 20 years old. I want to make real estate my profession. I am very knowledgeable of what...

I live in Denver in a SF home that is already zoned for 2 units (U-TU-C).  Our detached 1.5 car garage needs very extensive repairs so it was an obvious choice to look into simply replacing it with a 2 car garage with...

Since I started educating myself on real estate as a way to invest my money, I have had LTR in the back of my mind. Realistically thinking about what is my goal with RE, I have come to the conclusion it isn't to retir...

I'll jump right into this. After having been a podcast listening, post reading, blog surfing, team finding user of BP for almost half a year, my wife and I decided it was time to use the knowledge and resources offere...

Hello Everyone,I'm interested in purchasing my first investment property in Chicago next year.  Trying to gather some thoughts/opinions on the market and maybe some specific neighborhoods to research further.I'm curre...

I'm starting a direct mail campaign in the next week or so and I want to have as many options as  possible to close deals.  First goal will be creative financing (sub to, owner financing, lease option etc) but I also ...