Hey fellow BP'ers, I've been spending more and more time trying to learn about the above-mentioned areas. I live in the wonderful-but-insanely-expensive Ventura County area (just bought a 3+2.5 1367sqft last year for ...

What is a rule of thumb ROI percentage to shoot for with single family rentals?

1. How much cash would you recommend having in reserves before buying a STR? 2. Also, would you ever recommend getting a personal loan to cover the down payment or renovation costs? 

My husband and I are trying to buy our first rental property. We live in a very popular market in the Midwest where there is a lot of competition for buyers. Is it worth it to pay a premium in a A- neighborhood in ord...

If you guys haven't seen or read about the growing bubble, this is a great read (and vid reference) on the actual experience in the so cal market (san diego in this vid) - Jim the Realtor is a great watch :)

Just an ...

There is a fourplex for sale in my city that started at $149k I have talked him down to $140.I am very interested in the unit. Here are some hang up I have. Right now the tenets are in a program that get homeless peop...

Driving for dollars, I found a vacant property with foreclosure paperwork posted on it. After doing some research, I tracked down one of the "owners." I put "owners" in quotes because it's two brothers: Both of them a...

Looking to park $100K-200K$ and earn interest. If I win a foreclosure auction I need to be able to wire-transfer that amount of funds to the court's account the same/next business day. Otherwise you loose the auction ...

I've looked through some of the topics on BP regarding garage rentals.  Most deal with renting them out to 3rd parties not related to housing.  I'm looking to purchase my first duplex now which comes with a detached 2...

Afternoon BP,
How does one go about being coming a private lender?I would love to connect and just get an idea of how/what/when/why to become a private lender.I know there are so many avenues and paths within real es...