When we the real estate market return to normal? When will things go back up? When will I be able to get $0 down loans again? How long will it be before I am able to get a loan I can’t afford? When will I be able to go back to flipping my way to […]

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Could you imagine driving by a bad car wreck without looking? Could you imagine other drivers whizzing by without gawking at the carnage? Neither can I. Yet, that is exactly what seems to be happening with the economy. Sure, everyone knows about the foreclosure mess and mortgage crisis because the news outlets feast on these […]

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The Launch of the BiggerPockets Blog
It all started 3 years ago today with a post titled “Real Estate Is Very Hot Investment” On March 13, 2005 I launched this blog about real estate, as an experiment to see if it would interest our BiggerPockets users.
3 Years Later, our BiggerPockets Blog known as Real Estate […]

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Perhaps I’m showing my age as I rapidly approach the half-century mark. But I clearly recall a time when there was shame attached to being in debt. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood of modest homes at a time when people never seemed to move. It was a major event if someone moved in […]

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In previous weeks we discussed rehabbing a home for personal use (Getting Started In Rehab) and rehabbing for use as a rental (Rehabbing a Rental Property). This week we will look at rehabbing with the intention of flipping. This is, by far, the riskiest of the three. However, it can also be the most lucrative […]

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Last week we discussed rehabbing a home for personal use (Getting Started in Rehab ), this week we will explore rehabbing for the purpose of renting. Of the three main types of rehab, personal use, renting and flip, the rental falls in the middle in terms of risk. If the rental market is strong where […]

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I see so many people who are just itching to be real estate investors. However, a common theme seems to be “I want to buy and rehab a house but I don’t have any money.” Not only are they lacking funds for investment, they have little or no income and are hopelessly in debt. Then […]

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