Excerpt from a post I made on the stock investing forum "The Motley Fool." The audience is stock investors who are equally passionate and successful in stocks as the BP community is in REI. Many of them think going al...

Hi BP!I have only used hard money 1 time, and don’t remember the specifics of what their requirements were of my personal finances, if any.I’m curious, how many hard money loans could I take out at a time? For instanc...

I was listening to some old podcasts from "The Real Estate Guys" today. They had a special guest speaking about using life insurance as a better bank account for REI's.

Has anyone used Whole Life Insurance as a bank...

I'm trying to retrain my brain on this kind of product compared to the traditional Principal and Interest.  My thought is why wouldn't I do an all interest 10 year loan at 4.99%?  Prepayment penalty is only the first ...

We have $100,000 savings in the bank. We found an amazing and unique $500,000 house with 5,000 taxes. We can put 10% down and with closing costs spend about $75,000. We will easily spend the remaining $25,000 in misc ...

It seems to be a waste of time talking to non-investors about your investment deals. I work with and know many non interested, non real estate investors who know I am in my starting to invest in real estate and begin ...

Why invest in real estate?After all, there are lots of things to invest in -- stocks, bonds, precious metals, collectibles.  What makes real estate so attractive to you?  Is it because it's tangible -- you can ride by...

This is a revision of my popular post from 3 years ago. See, the older I get (don't ask), the more annoyed I get with the endless "I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO CUT YOUR TAXES in DECEMBER" emails, posts, webinars, podcasts, ...

HI Everyone...Just joined BP  - I've been reading the forums for 1 month. Lots of great information. Thanks to everyone who is sharing their knowledge. I am debating whether it is worth using my SD IRA to purchase rea...

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