Hi,I have been reading BP on and off for almost 2 years. I am a chinese based in Beijing, China. would like to invest in buy&hold SFR in Houston area. I had some luck buying some properties in Beijing when prices ...

The tide is going out, and we're about to find out who's been swimming naked. There have been some very significant things going down in financial markets of late. I'm not calling a crash and I'm not claiming I know t...

Hi all, I am a young man with his first 50k annual job stating next year. In the meantime I am trying to get educated on real estate apartments which is what I plan on investing in. I am reading books and have learned...

I believe that there are 3 main “stages” of investing. Stage 1 is higher risk, aiming for high returns, wealth accumulation.  Young investors, with low net worths, few family responsibilities, and a willingness to “ro...

My realtor told me that in rder to buy a reo property the bank wants 1oK in earnest money. The arv is $400k, and i will be offering 15ok. I told him the most I would offer is 2k. He said that the banks ask for 10k be...

For those of you who invest with syndicators, what is your vetting process? Analyzing a deal seems pretty straightforward to me, vetting a syndicator, not so much. 

Basel III requires bank lenders to hold greater reserves. What does this mean to you as investor? Price increases. The cost to carry cash for banks to appear solvent will be passed on to you as a consumer. The interes...

I'm about to purchase a multi-family property about 3 blocks down from one I already own. The price I'm paying for it will no doubt create a decent comp amount relative to what I now owe on the first multi family wh...

Hi BPI had a post which I initially intended to describe now I did a 1031 Exchange to trade my first home (condo) into a $1M 3 story commercial flexspace (currently 6 units)as I began to write this, it should have bee...