Part 1Hey BP Community,I wanted to take some time and share this project that literally would not have happened without Bigger Pockets.  Thank you again @Joshua Dorkin for taking the risk to start this. Many of you ha...

As you may have heard, today Fed annouced QE3 of 40B per month (i.e. printing press) with no end in sight. Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market. I wonder what it means to the real estate market...

I debated on posting this because the incident has discourage me so much. But here it is:Last Friday I arrived home to a business card from a detective from our police department. I had just got home from visiting my ...

Have you been scammed into worthless Rich Dad Education advanced courses in Houston?  I was scammed by Gregory Downing and have been in a two year process to recover funds with my attorney.  This is will all come to a...

I read alot of stuff online, including on this forum bagging on wholesalers because their making money flipping contracts. Honestly I see wholesalers saving time and money for investors, more like marketing agents for...

Not sure how we end up where we do, but in 2009 I found myself firmly on my way to shaking hands with the ‘American Dream’. My parents were so proud, I was a college grad and working as an engineer for Chevron. Tasked...

I'm under contract for a 3 unit, the owner wants to stay on as a tenant and is willing to sign a lease (initially the property was advertised as owner would like to stay but not required). I'm ok with this as I figure...

Hey all.

I am thinking about diving back into wholesaling this year on a more aggressive scale. My intent is to send more letters/postcards as well as follow-up with all potential deals (something I was lazy about d...

Why do so many new people want to wholesale to get started in real estate? Is it because all the guru's talk about it making it seem great. To me, it looks like it sucks. I would rater get a 2nd job at a good rate to ...

My husband and I have not been able to figure out the math on this and I hope that I can get some comments and suggestions from others. We lived in the SF Bay Area and own a townhouse as a rental. It had appreciated a...