Hi all, my name is James. My start in real estate investing is complicated, but I will try to keep it succinct.

I'm a young professional, and I've done very well in my field. Unfortunately, I've also come...

I've been working on starting a flipping business. I have a business plan and have been doing my research on properties both buying and selling and am very confident this is a good market here in East Texas. My concer...

Everyone who weathered the 2008 crisis knows it's very important at this time to make sure not to over-leverage on rental property. What is safe?  I've heard 65% LTV should allow pretty much any investor to ride out t...

Some background: My dad recently passed away leaving my mom with a $500k life insurance check. Live in Dallas, TX and Mom is a real estate agent (although not very connected/active) so has access to MLS. We have enoug...

HELP!!! House under contract & the pipes burst damage in excess of $10,000!I may have told a little white lie to get you to open this thread. I don't really need help. This situation has already happened to me, bu...

Hello! I’m looking to buy a smaller apartment complex(16-24 unit) but not opposed to smaller or larger. Just curious what were some of your top mistakes that you learned from when you started buying apartment complexe...

I am doing my taxes myself via turbo tax and I must say I am underwhelmed with the tax breaks I am getting for owning a rental. My wife and I have strong W2 earnings at about 250k combined and it doesn’t appear that a...

Hello BP! My wife (Alicia) and I (James) are looking to get into rentals more. I have been absorbing as much information from the BP books, podcasts and the webinars to try and prepare for this adventure. We currently...

The Associated Press
Feb. 11, 2008 05:52 PM
WASHINGTON - With mortgage defaults surging and politicians urging the industry
to do more, six lenders agreed to widen their effort to help borrowers of all
loans — not j...

Should a first time buyer always aim to start cash flowing immediately, as in buying a property that already has tenants, or should a couple months downtime to clean things up and find tenants not be a deal-breaker?Ke...