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You’re thinking about investing in rental properties out-of-state, you find some deals that look amazing, and you can’t see any reason why they may not be a good deal. Have…
There are benefits that go beyond simple cash-profits and/or equity gains while investing. Real estate investing teaches patience, focus, business mindedness, all while ideally greatly increasing your emotional intelligence and…
BiggerPockets (www.biggerpockets.com), the world’s largest online hub for real estate investors, today released its 2015 BiggerPockets Real Estate Investment Market Index (downloadable spreadsheet available here). This Index analyzed the 50 largest US…
In light of Halloween coming up soon, this week I wanted to have a little fun and share with you some real estate “horror” stories from my experience as an…
If you’re anything like me, the idea of going to the local Sheriff’s Office reminds you of sheepishly paying for parking tickets in coins when you were 16, and hoping…
Getting started investing in real estate can be so tough. Fear can hold you back: fear of losing money, fear of the unknown. While I find it helps to hear…
According to the Q2 2015 U.S. Home Flipping Report conducted by RealtyTrac, approximately 30,013 single-family homes were flipped–sold as part of an arm’s-length sale for the second time within a…
Recently, I attended a conference in Dallas, TX held by Jeff Brown (aka “Bawld Guy” on BiggerPockets), and I have to admit that he has a really great way of keeping…
I’d like everybody to meet Joe. Joe is a pretty average guy earning $50,000 per year and has a little over $10,000 in savings. Joe has also recently begun to…
Hey there, BP! I am on my way to a real estate closing, where we are selling a group of multi-family properties we purchased in New Jersey about 10 years…
I see it all over the place now: the great debate on whether to pay down debt or to use more leverage. It’s a great question, but it means different…
TRID? What the heck is TRID? TRID is an acronym of mortgage acronyms, and it is the new closing disclosures that came out of the Dodd-Frank Act, thanks to the mortgage crisis.…
Real estate investors see and hear a lot of ridiculous and downright humorous things. We are probably exposed to more sheer lunacy than virtually any other profession. I wish I…
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