A friend told me of someone that will be entering foreclosure soon and had a question in regards to this. Let's say he owes about 200K on the house; now how do you go about on trying to purchase the house? do you buy ...

Several months ago I posted about Austrian Economics & hard assets & preparing your real estate business for recessions big & small. It stayed on top of the thread wall for a week & got hundreds of res...

So I purchased my bandit signs (50) and I have started to put them up in a certain area to see what would happen. I went out and put up a total of 10 signs in one area last Saturday. So far I have got 8 calls from pot...

I recently began interviewing local credit unions after learning they require lower or no seasoning period, versus a traditional lender, for a cash-out refi on investment properties.  The issue I am finding is that th...

This is kind of an awkward question to ask, and I'm somewhat hesitant to do so, but I'm going to anyway. Basically, I'm using a kind of "packaged" website, I guess you could say, in which there is content built into...

@Bill Gulley @Rich Weese
How many of you believe that the unemployment rate has actually fallen to 7.9%? What is the "actual" unemployment in your area?

How exciting! I guess with all those jobs created there will b...

Hi everyone, I'm new to Bigger Pockets, and I have a few questions that I'd be quite interested in getting some opinions on.
For a little bit of context before I get started, I'm a college student in Louisville, KY w...

I have a couple questions hopefully someone on here can answer one or both.

1. I recently sold a house that had a first and a second note I made to the buyer. The second was due and she paid off the principal howev...

Hello to all,I'm looking into Fannie Mae delayed financing since I have the cash reserves to purchase and rehab, but it would be my first property, and it's a little confusing as to the mortgage qualification. I see t...

As we March forward(or should I say “left?) into insanity me as a small time landlord, 5 doors, is getting absolutely killed. 2/5 of my tenants aren’t paying or even attempting to communicate anymore because they KNOW...