This is VERY long but VERY interesting. Feel free to dispute any of the "facts " listed if you can. If not, start worrying, imo. Rich

The Wolf Family immigrated from Austria - Tyrol - in 1883 leaving behind one c...

Recently while looking for resources on past real estate cycles, I came across below 2 articles.1. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-economic-crash-...This article has a lot of data but is missing the explanation for...

Obama keeps stating that the failed policies of the last eight years are to blame for the current economic crisis. Certainly a boatload of mistakes were made by the Bush administration. However, many people, myself ...

Does anyone else believe in Austrian Economics & follow Peter Schiff & Lew Rockwell & think that when the everything bubble pops in next couple years (we are already in 2nd longest expansion ever) that we ...

Hello BiggerPockets folks,Although I originally created my profile a while back, I never got serious about real estate investing until quite recently. After obtaining my law degree from the University of Missouri, Col...

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Hello landlords, I'm looking for feedback on a situation where I was the prospective tenant, but I was rejected in favor of another tenant. My understanding is that the landlord should be evaluating applications in th...

Hi BPers, I was at my local REIA meeting last night and we got on the topic of creative financing.  Someone brought up a concept I had never heard of before, 7702 plan.  The way it was described is this is an insuranc...

Hey all, wondering what the best business or personal credit card would be for STR. I saw Lowe's gives 3% cash back on their purchases,  I already have an Amazon card with 5% back on amazon stuff, wondering if there's...