Julie Marquez
My Goals For Easy Rentals and Passive Income - Feedback Please
My husband and I work good W2 jobs in construction (me in project management, he is a carpenter). We love real estate and want to have more rentals in our area of rural Seattle Skagit County. We have one rental house ...
Nicolas Franckenfeld
For rent-to own mobiles: Keep title in park's name or buyers' names?
Question for the BP Mobile home experts:If a park has a fair number of mobile's with Rent-To-Own / Contract-for-Title on them, should the park keep the titles in the park's name or should the titles put them in the bu...
Rafaella Almeida
Using home equity instead of Hard Money
Hello BP community,My husband and I have equity in our home and our rental. We want to expand our portfolio with hopes to be financially free. My husband does not like the idea of getting a HELOC for he thinks it is t...
Brandon Turner
Multifamily - Worth The Headache?
Hey - just wondering how many multifamily people we have out there and if you think it's worth the headache?
Rich Weese
Taxes, Taxes, taxes!!!!!
I have many posts and blogs about my extreme dislike for Income Taxes. I've been working on last years' return and I may end up paying something. That is very frustrating and I committ to work harder in the future to ...
Rachel H.
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act
Great news everyone!
http://www.housingwire.com/news/2013/04/26/lawmakers-fight-save-financing-manufactured-homes
p.s. For those who support this bill, here's a link if you'd like to write your representatives: htt...
Steve S.
Putting too much down?
My goal is to buy 10 cash flowing rental properties as quickly and safely as possible. So far I have 4 and I keep 6 months of mortgage payments on hand and have a decent security net in place for maintenance etc. I k...
Rich Pritzker
Should I sell or rent out my current home?
Folks, Newbie here - so please be a bit soft on me...:-)I own a home (#1) in the Nor-Cal South Bay-Area - which I bought a few years ago, for a little under $800k. Current mtg is $1300. Property tax is ~$900/mo. Add H...
Ray A Delfi
Owned a home for 12 years and foundation is falling apart
Hey quick question. I pulled the subfloor up to sister up the joist and get the floor plumb but my contractor just reported that all the wood is deteriorating and falling apart. Is this something my insurance could co...
Rick Gustafson
Am I Crazy Or Is This Normal?
I'm a noobie.
Here's my story. I posted this yesterday as advice to the question "What age did you start your real estate investment career" … Am I too old?
"Like you, I'll be 59 in a couple of months. I own a house...