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Hello BP!My fiance and I have owned an owner occupied duplex in Los Angeles for the past two years. It has appreciated about 36% in that short amount of time. We want to buy another 2-4 unit multifamily rental. We we...
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Hello! My name is Thomas and am new to BP and REI! For some background about myself, I'm originally from Hawaii, currently living in the SF Bay Area but also moving down to the San Diego area in 2020. All in all, I...
There is a lot of controversy on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other similar cryptocurrencies. Many experienced investors have come out and said that cryptocurrency is just a facade and there are other dangers invol...
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I've only "self-managed" thus far in my journey (10 listings in my local market) and am considering hiring a management company for the next deal/deals that I complete outside of my local market. Anyone can post a lis...
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Hi BP fam,
I'm a 24 year old kid who loves his job in digital marketing analytics and also freelances projects in the field on the side. I have invested a lot of time and money into my education about REI on both the...
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As we all know, interest rates have been historically low. Eventually (although likely several years away) interest rates wil creep back up into the 7-10% range of the late 90’s, and, God forbid, the 12-18% range of t...
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Hi BP, I have just started using QuickBooks Online. Does anybody have a site or youtube video that describes how a real estate investor uses Quickbooks online? For example. We do a lot of Flips... What section do yo...
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I have currently saved up $140K, I'm curious to know what would be a good percentage of that 140K to put towards buy and hold real estate investing ? I know 140K isn't a lot of money when it comes to investing but I w...
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I have interest in a multi family property that is made up of loft studio apartments, all roughly 550 sqft. My initial interest would be trying to rent them out as mid term/ short term rentals. My question is this, wo...
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I'm always looking for ways to help convince our users that the way to be successful in social media is to provide great content and to engage. Here's a great article from one of the top social media guys around - Je...