Hi Everyone,My wife and I are both about 10 years from retirement and looking for passive income streams through REI.  We are both full-time employees (20 and 29 years at our jobs) and have some reasonably successful ...

Hi BP

Are you a REI? Do you have your Real estate license?

If NO, why?

If YES,
1. Are you an Agent or broker?

2. Where do you work? (Big/small brokerage, own your own)

3. Pros and cons?

4. How much of your Inve...

Hey guys. My wife and I have been married for 1 year. My wife is someone who takes convincing to take on risks and I understand her concern since my tendency is to pursue things feet first and go after it. She is okay...

The following examples of mortgage and real estate fraud investigations are written from public record documents on file in the court records in the judicial district in which the cases were prosecuted.

Defen...

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I've been interested in real estate investing for a while now. It's taken a long time to get my credit straight and debts paid down. I'm still working on build cash reserves for down payments etc. (ver...

Every year around this time I see threads on BP asking about your goals for the coming new year. “Put it out there, hold yourself (or each other) accountable” yada yada yada. Those of you that know me well know that...

Hello All,My name is Christopher Costa. I am a recent graduate of Georgia Tech, here in Atlanta and I am currently working as a Product Engineer at a biotech company. I am originally from suburb outside of Atlanta, bu...

Hi everyone,I've been lurking here for a while, but haven't been ready to take action until now.  I apologize up front if this post is disorganized, but I'm sure there are other people who are or have been in my shoes...

I often see homes advertised "50k appraised at 65k". Just an example. So does that mean one can buy the house for 50k then take more equity out of the property then 50k he used to buy it?? im confused here.

I've recently moved into a much more expensive market, and I am no longer able to compete by making all cash purchases. I am a small investor with limited business structure to date. All of my previous purchases ha...