How do you handle this question? When friends or family find out you are an investor, this is the first thing they want to know. It's like asking someone how much do you make a year.

I understand their curiosity but ...

So, I and a partner have created a creative community, with all residents being creative in some form. This is a private cul-de-sac and we made all outside space 'common area', for people in our community to hang out....

Hi all, Bought my first owner occupy multi family, and decided to live in the most runned-down unit to do some repairs.  I'm a mechanical engineer by trade, but have little to no real estate repair experience.  I enjo...

Hello everyone!I’m John and I’m new to real estate investing. I’m currently active duty military with 7 years left of service before I retire. I’m looking to create and grow sources of passive income that I can rely o...

I have a new tenant in my commercial property. They are complaining about a musty smell in a closet and have used the dreaded "mold" word. They are complaining about headaches. Honestly, this is their second day in th...

Hi BP crowd- we just closed on a house through Auction.com-first of all, that process was seamless and fairly quick. We're not sure about our plans for the house- I'm going to live there during reno- we live in aspen ...

It might not feel like a jobs boom to many, but damn! Does it get much better than this!?Check out the historical unemployment charts for the United States, California, San Francisco, and the greater Bay Area.. Some i...

Just thinking out loud here. I hear comments along the lines of, "jump in while interest rates are low/before they go up" all the time. I was wondering what the effect would be if they go up.

Always having be...

I did a walk through of an REO today and it was in decent shape, but the broker said it probably wont be able to go to anyone but a cash buyer because of MOLD!

Any ideas on how much it costs to deal with the mold pro...