It's official and I'm excited I was able to get it done thanks in no small part to the material and excellent content and motivation from listening to the BP Podcasts.   

Mentors are great but many more people succeed without an official one!

Hey BP family, as I stated in my goals, im trying to figure out how to build a large portfolio of rentals (for rental income of 5k+ monthly)in the NJ/NY area.My situation; I've been making 40k a year for the past 3 years (steady job)-this coming July I will hit 2 years since bankruptcy (so I should be fine in that aspect)- I have about 15-20k liquid cash-credit is slowly getting better at 620 nowSo this summer I'll officially be looking to purchase multi-family home in NJ area, I picked NJ cause a lot of REO dupelx/triplex are going for under 150k.

The official Fannie Mae guidelines don't specify how long you need to stay, but if you were planning to stay for a year, you should be fine.

If she doesn’t provide an asking price, how should I go about officially submitting an offer to her, and when?

It's official: CFPB will grant grace period on TRID enforcementOpen-ended grace period protects institutions acting in "good faith" June 3, 2015 11:32AM The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will not delay implementing the complex TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure requirements that go into effect Aug.1, but there will be a good-faith enforcement grace period that both the mortgage industry and a bipartisan coalition in Congress have asked for.

There is no liens or mortgages on the house and it qualifies for the historical tag but is not officially a historical building. 

Hey everyone,This post is related to my other post about a house on Hubzu that is across from my parents' current home.From everything my parents and I can gather, it seems that this house is unoccupied during the day and possibly sporadically occupied at night by the son of the former owner.If I do close on the house, how do I go about officially taking possession of the property?

Looking at buying a tri-plex that’s about 1.5%monthly rent to purchase price The math works The area is very up and coming Is there a book or list or podcast episode that has a full list of things l want to check before officially making the offer

If I have a signed contract what would make it official in the eyes of the IRS?