There's a chance that I'll be closing on my first investment property within the next month!  However I walked the property this morning, and I discovered that the conversion of the open-air carport area into an enclo...

Will soon be purchasing my first turnkey property.  But before committing, wanted to learn a little bit more about exit options if I decide to sell at some point.  Of course, the goal is to buy and hold long term.  An...

Okay, this is going to be quite a long overdue success story, as I should have posted it months ago, but I was recently reminded of wanting to do it when I re-read @Mehran Kamari's post about his success story fro...

Hello everyone, My name is Tim. My wife and I live in Las Vegas Nevada and have been in real estate investing for about 5 years. We initially got into investing after speaking to a co-worker who was approaching retire...

I've done a lot of research related to turnkey properties. I've found several solutions (e.g. Norada real estate). I recently did a demo with them, but it all seems too good to be true. What am I missing? Can I actual...

I am under contract to purchase a single family home in tampa, fl and my hard money loan got denied less than a week before scheduled closing.I have a backup option to borough money from my father, but wanted to get a...

Dear BP Family,I am looking for Cities in CA, to invest in rental properties, all the calculations I learnt from BP and elsewhere is not making sense in almost all the properties I have been searching(mls, realtor sen...

We just purchased a 78 unit property in the DFW area that had horrible management, tons of deferred maintenance, and 25 vacant units..... hope I don't regret it!  Thought it might be interesting to those looking at mu...

Hello BP'ers,I need some advice on which direction to go: with a starting capital of $125K, which is the most affective way to get cash return in a year or two? My goal (like everyone else) is to aspire to live off of...

In reviewing past threads, I admit being sent into a mild panic over this 50% percent rule of thumb, despite the fact that I am experienced and currently own and operate 41 units... single family and duplexes with ...