I have spent the last several months on the verge of a stress induced stroke and a couple of weeks ago I decided "&^%* it, its out of MY control".

Here is the summary. I own 4 different small businesses. A con...

Question for all the licensed brokers and salespeople: Have you used your license to buy investment property for yourself? And has the Seller's Agent split their commission with you? It seems like a great way to make ...

Hello All, I am 30 year old male, trying to eventually buy in the CA Bay Area in about 4 years but will need a massive down payment (looking at roughly 160k)). I ran my numbers, my household saves roughly 3,300 a mont...

Hello everybody this is my first post and I sincerely appreciate any feedback. I am 24 years old working a (mostly) cash job so my income on paper is insufficient for a loan and my credit isn't great. I recently came ...

What is the biggest reason people fail as newbies in real estate investment?

Hi BP!I'm new to investing and have joined my local REIA. Learned a lot and have done some great networking to help me get into this business and learn. I came across an opportunity  to work with another investor in o...

Hi guys and gals,

Just an interesting read I ran into. Thought I share...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/should-you-pay-off-your-mortgage-2013-08-14?link=MW_popular

Hello Note investors -

Would you mind sharing your worst Note deal? I keep seeing case studies that are either A) homeruns or B) where things didn't go as well as they could have but still resulted in singles. What I...

As an independent contractor years back I was able to exceed traditional 401k limits w/super/megaroth. This was glorious. Since then the company which provided the solo 401k was acquired, rules changed so that now (in...

When you're hiring a contractor, how do you handle payment. Will they want payment before? If so, it doesn't make much sense to pay until you're sure the work is complete, right?

It makes sense to me to pay half be...