To borrow or not to borrow, debt free is the way to be etc etc etc. The way I see this is a risk vs reward. How do you decide though where the risk is to great or the reward to little? How do you decide to purchase a ...

After years of reading books on real estate (most recently by David Greene and Brandon Turner), I'm finally getting started!  Unfortunately, I think I need to break some cardinal rules in order to get into the game. B...

Hi All,I’ve been interested in real estate for awhile while saving over the past few years, and looking to become more actively involved in RE investing and potentially doing this part time for the near term to see ho...

Hi BP, excited to say I made my first offer as an educated real estate investor today on a Freddie Mac REO property.  I emphasize the "educated" part b/c I made an offer on an investment property 14 months ago...and t...

I've been listening to the BiggerPockets podcast for a few months, I checked this morning and I've literally listened to over 150 of them now. I've completed a state real estate agent course and have read enough books...

So we've got an accepted offer on a nice small duplex. We need to meet all conditions by Friday and everything seems on track. We haven't had the inspection done yet because that would be the first money we have to sp...

Banks have led a great many people to believe that the mortgage mess exists because too many loans were given at or around 100% LTV.

That is hogwash spread by banks because the...

How does the note selling process work, and how do people asses an offer against a note?

I have heard of many investors filing liens on property or on friend’s property in an attempt to fend off legal challenges that would arise from someone identifying this equity. I realize that entities can be used ...

I'm new here --we bought a 5 unit rental property in Hillcrest (San Diego, CA) for $411k in 1999. It has a positive cash flow now as we've remodeled and raised rents over the years. I manage the property and we live n...