Hello, I just joined. I am Dave E. from the chicagoland, IL area. I am 25 and after reading about 15 books so far on real estate I am convinced that RE is for me and will help me acheive my goal of becoming financial...

From my understanding, mortgages are considered riskier investments than most other loans because the borrowers can repay early with little to no extra cost. If I hold a 6% bond and the rate on new issues drops to 3%...

Good evening all! Or at least where in the world I am it is! I am fairly new to BP, and I am literally giddy to have found such a wealth of information, and people willing to share their knowledge and experience all i...

I'm looking at a few properties in Phoenix. Can't seem to find anything that yields greater than 4-5 percent return. Would you be ok with that return? Assume down payment is 25%-30%.

A few active threads popped up on BP with the consensus being something like “hahahah Zillow lost a lot of money trying to flip houses…How dumb are they, lets all point and laugh’. Or lets make memes about them, becau...

Hello BP community, I have been searching for a house hack opportunity in the New Orleans/Metairie area for around 7 months now and have come up empty. Nothing that has come on the market seems to meet my criteria, an...

I guess I'll go ahead and introduce myself.  I'm Derek Ackerman, 39, living near Wichita KS.  I'm looking to invest in buy and hold rental property.  I had a rental property for about 5 years when I lived in Topeka an...

I currently have enough money to pay down 65% of a California townhome I plan to live in, but that money could easily buy several investment properites in other parts of the country.

My uncle is a real estate agent w...

What is a realistic return I could expect on JVs in the note space? I am looking for a 12-15% return on $100-400k. 

It seems to me that the public at large as well as investors are unaware of the BOOM that is happening due to gas exploration! I think that everyone will agree that in our field we keep our eyes and minds open at all...