Hey everyone, I recognize this is my first post, however I have been a lurker and avid blog reader here on BP for a couple years now. With that being said- I recognize that I am not asking or begging for anything. Thi...

Rich vs Wealth

As I have been taught, the difference between rich and wealth is rich people work for money; wealthy people have their money work for them.

To illustrate, some professional U.S. athletes ...

Hi All,I would like to play a game inside of the Bigger Pockets forum; nowhere else can I get the opinion of so many valuable industry professionals. The game is what do y'all think is a better word for my marketing p...

Hi, everyone! I want to give everyone a recap about how I got to where I am today as a 20 year old real estate investor in the Kansas City market with over 10 deals under my belt. I started my journey off as most peop...

I'm thinking of moving my IRA to an SDIRA. It seems these company's are the dominant two in the business. Does anyone know what the prose and cons of either of them are? Thanks.

BBC News, Los Angeles

Supporters of gay marriage march in Los Angeles on 9 November 2008


Waving rainbow flags and placards, thousands marched through eas...

Hey All,I've perused through the Canadian section and there doesn't seem to be a great deal of info on this topic. I'm looking for some information on how one can go about purchasing a rental home in Canada under a co...

I do FSBO to sell my properties to save listing agent commission. Sometimes there's buyer agent involved. I know lots of times even when buyers have per-approved letters, they don't mean much. So I'm cautious about ge...

Hello BP community.  I have 2 rental properties. One shows profit, and the other shows a loss. My accountant says that I can't deduct the losses because the "standard deduction" is higher than my losses. So there is n...

Hi! I recently went to a RE conference and there was a company there called Platinum Trust Group (platinumtrustgroup. com) that told us about proprietary irrevocable spendthrift trust.  Basically, they're saying that ...