So feeling a little frustrated today, I’m a newbie I’ve found my market area, have funds available and landed an agent that works with investors or so I thought. Long story short I’ve been working with agent for 3 day...

As a real estate investor, one of the largest time wasters for me is pulling comps. You end up depending on real estate agents (whom are very investor friendly), but have their own lives to manage when you might see a...

I finally decided to get my RE license, and just signed up for a classroom class this month. It will take a while to get my license, as the class itself is one month long - I am doing it week nights and weekends, sinc...

This occupied my mind all day yesterday:
Probably every major city has some kind of free weekly magazines, full of ads, masked as a TV program, and targeted at the African American community, often lower income range....

I'm interested in the opinions of BP members:

As far as CALIFORNIA FIRST TRUST DEEDS (not Texas loans, not 2nd trust deeds) what have you experienced, heard, what are your opinions, and what do you believe the gener...

Here's a 529 plan question for the tax gurus...

I setup a 529 college savings plan for my youngest years ago. She now is in college and earned a full scholarship, so she doesn't need the 529 plan funds for her underg...

Hey BP members,

Got a quick question, what are yalls thoughts on buying a house to fix up with little cosmetic repairs for a good price live in it while fixing it and then sell it?? What are the pros and con...

I recently drove by a distressed property with an agent's sign in the yard. I pulled it up on the MLS and it seemed to have potential for a fix & flip, so I called the agent and scheduled a showing. After seein...

I am an ex realtor that has the know how to flip homes, I have sold mobile homes and managed and did property mgmt. I signed up for one of Than Merrils seminars for next week, and figured I would give it a listen. ...

Hello, I am 25 and just moved to VA Beach and started in REI. I just purchased my first primary home, single family, as a short sale, for 130k that is certainly worth 160k or more (170k or more after I do some simp...