There is a lot of debate about staying local vs. investing out of town. What factors do you consider when deciding what market to invest in? What do you think makes a great market?

On a separate thread today there is a debate about flipping versus buy-and-hold. The point was made that one should focus their investment strategy and that diversion from focus is a sign of an amateur. Others disag...

I have yet to purchase any rental property. I have made my money overseas from savings. I do like owning some stocks, but I now want to diversify into real estate. I have $500,000 in cash. I do not want to rush in...

Is anyone familiar with the Carnegie Prosource Tax Lien training? Has anyone taken their training/used their software? I went to the free seminar and paid $300 for the 3 day class next week. I have wanted to learn abo...

Im 19 years old in San Antonio, Texas and I want to take on the heart of San Antonio with real estate investing. I have no previous knowledge of the subject but I am more than willing to get educated and put in the ti...

Greetings BPI have been looking at AIRBNB.  Has anyone been able to scale an AIRBNB business?  There has been a lot of chatter on BP about it.  I am interested in hearing from anyone whose is doing it in scale and mak...

I'm trying to get started in real estate investing with this going for me/against me:Have almost $5,000 available from college prepaid that I don't want to use on a degree (my interests don't require a degree)Just rec...

Hi everyone,So a little background:  I'm 10 days away from selling my first real estate flip and looking at about a 150 -200k profit.  The short version is I purchased a Single family ranch at auction using 100% hard ...

I'm in C'class rentals as a self-managing handyman landlord. I am 6'2" and weigh 350 lbs. Most people peripheral to the business (mortgage brokers, financial advisors, magistrates) tend to tell me I really look exactl...

Hi,So, I read the Ultimate Beginner's Guide, and I'm reading blog posts and listening to podcasts, and making a list of books to buy, and all of it is overwhelming me to a fairly large degree.Everyone talks about Anal...