New investor question for the BP community.In your experience have you noticed that certain additions/upgrades help to increase your profit margins on rent or is it as simple as "one-upping" the comps in the area?My w...

Bank of America, one of the country’s largest mortgage lenders, says it is loosening its policies on short sales in response to the U.S. Treasury Department’s announcement last week that it would increase incentiv...

Here is a copy of the deal analysis with the number I think will work. I tried to be conservative but Im not sure how well I did. Take a look should I run or buy fast? I am trying to do a house hacking in a quad plex....

I had a tenant move out and there is not much to do.

They did not deep clean but I can finish the place thoroughly clean in two hours on this 1400sqft unit.

Would you clean it yourself or hire a cleaning crew since ...

Obviously, this is a knock-off of another recent post which asked what you would do if you got rich in real estate. The question I'm asking is how would you know that you were rich? Would you just wake up one day an...

YES, it's true! This waiver, which takes effect Feb 1st of 2010, is limited to those sales meeting the following conditions ....

here's the HUD link with specifics:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/waivpropflip20...

If your not using a property manager, how do you prefer to receive your rents? Do you give your primary residence address or do you use a P.O. Box?

I have a friend in a small neighborhood whose roads are private. The owners all have to put money in to a pot so that if the roads need work at some point, the work will be done. This is, as I understand it, abou...

Hi all, I live in Fargo, ND and the market has been hot here but has slowed down during the last quarter. Really tough to find deals still though. I visited a FSBO property and spoke with the owner...

The home is a 2...

Hello Fellow BP Members,Recently I ran across a lending Group called Rental Property Lending Group on BP which has some loan products that seem attractive that will be able to use to grow the business faster.  It's ra...