I have been working on a large mix-use commercial opportunity. I have an investment group who is willing to put up 99% of the money for this venture in phases, with 1% being raised by myself in exchange for a JV t...

Maybe a dumb question but what the heck.   My primary home has a first mortgage but the SBA has a lien on my home and in 2nd position. This lien will fall off in 9 years according to an attorney but I don't want to wa...

At our company right now there is a debate over which is the best cell phone for our company to get.

There are votes for the Droid, iPhone, and BlackBerry Bold. Most of us have BB Curves right now and a big knock is...

It's going to be held at the Hilton Newark Penn Station hotel in NJ.  I found this link to it, but it's skimpy on details, i.e. what's planned for each day:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/noteworthy-east-ticke...If any...

Hi BP,I'm writing this post because I'm neck deep in analysis paralysis and trying to claw my way out. I've been researching REI for well over a year now. I've gotten my brokers license (just got my MLS access a coupl...

Hello BP Community, After 3 long years I'm proud to announce that I finally got my wife on board to jump into RE fulltime. I know, it seems pretty funny and a little petty but like many of you on here know it's a fine...

After listening over the past 6 years to over 20 podcasts (~6240 Hours) I just wanted for once to speak and get a word in... Please note that this ranking is incredibly unscientific and biased since I am a passive inv...

As a new investor looking at markets out-of-state, I found this blog post by @Scott Trench - 2016 Best and Worst REI Markets - to be super helpful. For those who haven’t read it, it provides a ranking of the attractiv...

Hi everyone,We just closed on a triplex - and are of facing those same issues of inherited tenants... i.e. below market rents (by about $400,) questionable histories since we didn't vet them ourselves etc etc... but b...