Hello Everyone,I'm a fairly new real estate agent in the Bay Area, CA. My brokerage recently had a quick presentation on how having an interest rate buydown vs. a sales price reduction could be beneficial to both sell...

I've heard in other forums from single family investors in Houston get flood insurance regardless of whether the property is within or outside the 500 year flood plane. I received a quote today for flood insurance on ...

I just closed on a short-saled triplex, that is full of tenants. Sounds good at first. However, at the closing, the previous owner said that there is one tenant that only paid half the rent for January and has not p...

BBC News, Los Angeles

Supporters of gay marriage march in Los Angeles on 9 November 2008


Waving rainbow flags and placards, thousands marched through eas...

Hi, My tenant called me to ask permission to install solar panels along with a power wall installed on the property. They are very good tenants, no issues in any matter for the last 2 years. They have replaced all the...

Hello all, My name is Frederic and I've been reading the forums for a few days now. I currently work in the investment industry as a mutual fund sales representative and am looking at investing in real estate within a...

Hey BPers,I just recently closed my first deal: a duplex in Oakland, CA where I am living in one unit and will rent the other. I also just put up a listing advertising the other unit, and got a quick response from som...

We have a lot of posts on BRRRR properties but not a whole lot on buying land to build multi families . The purpose of this post is to discuss, share experiences, ideas to explore on the subject further hoping we can ...

I came a cross a recent article in the WSJWorkforce multifamily housing for people between 80-120% of Area Media Income is probably the most needed type of housing in America, yet given land costs and construction cos...

I've seen several posts lately about the number of 1-4 unit properties one can finance with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and their respective guidelines. While the two GSE's are somewhat similar, it's important to reme...