Well- despite all of the advice against it, I hired one of my tenants to do some basic property management work. He wanted work and I needed some help - pure and simple. You know how hindsight is 20/20? Well, I'm goin...

Hello everyone,I feel like I've been stuck in the whole analysis portion of realestate, from reading books, watching pod cast and now joining the bigger pockets forums. with that being said how did you all get out of ...

Let's say you have 5 properties that - due to economic and job market conditions in the area - only command enough rent to barely cover mortgages, insurance, and taxes.   Nothing left over at all for maintenance, repa...

I must not be seeing eye to eye with many investors added with the fact of how new I am... but here it goes... I'm into buy and hold properties and I'm thinking of making my first purchase soon. The thing is, I kno...

I am looking at investing into real estate. If you had financing for $250k, what would you invest into for your first purchase?

Hello RE friends,

In an effort to move beyond theory (e.g. reading, speculating, postulating) and into practice there was a need to invest in a commodity.

Commerical paper doesn't seem as interesting because it's ...

I'm tired of the midwest (Chicago suburbs).  My wife and I have lived here our entire lives.  We do not have kids yet or any other main reasons to keep us here.  So, we are deciding to sell our house, leave my job, an...

Hi guys! I’m looking to get into real estate investing. It’s been a goal of mine for years, but I’m a college student and finding the time and money has been challenging! I’m graduating in a few weeks and have saved a...

I fell like there is more to it than just this. I have watched lots of videos on people claming that if you invest $1m dollar into index funds and only take out 4% every year then you will never run out of money. Is t...