I am new to REI and I wonder if I am too "naive"...?  Despite my inexperience in REI I bring a ton of skills and sales ability to the table, and of course I'm willing to dig in, help out, and LEARN.  My question is, a...

Hi everyone,This is my very first post. I would like to start off by saying how much I absolutely love this community just from everything I have witnessed over the last few weeks of scouring the forums. It's amazing ...

I'm about to buy a property that is a short sale. My question is that I'm still debating whether or not to buy and hold or to flip the home. I already have the math figured out on both ideas, but my question is...

Every time we're preparing for a new administration, there's plenty of tax-related noise. The new President is going to do this, do that, yada yada yada.Unfortunately, a lot of financial and tax professionals join thi...

Property appraisal value: 265K

Borrower's down payment: 79K

You 1st trust deed: 132K

Seller: 2nd trust deed: 70K

Two year balloon

In addition to the high combined loan to value, what e...

Has anyone ever done this? Successfully? Can anyone think of how the assignment process would work using EBay as a wholesale tool? Thanks, Dan

10/23/12 UPDATE: The Influence System Has been Removed from BiggerPockets.

INFLUENCE & VOTING

We've established...

The LLC debate rages on here at BP.   Rarely does a day pass without an investor asking whether they should use an LLC or not.  Perhaps BP should have a whole forum just devoted to this question . . .Having an LLC is ...

Do you know how much you could lose in a lawsuit from a tenant? Are you personally protected if a tenant has "a good case" against you?

Hey All,I recently found out that I am potentially set to inherit what would be an abandoned house in the Edgewood area of Dayton. I say potentially as it is a long story with a bit of drama, but basically it was my g...