Hello BP! I am not technically a new member at this point. I have been looking around BP and been listening to the podcast for over a year now, but this is my first official post. My name is Jonathan Herdina, I have l...

Hoping for some opinions/advice:  My husband and I bought our first investment property with the intent to flip it.  We knew off the bat that we wouldn't make a ton of money off of it, but we wanted to use it as a lea...

Hi everyone my name is Latrice. I posted on the forum a couple of days ago but didn't quite introduce myself which I apologize for. I live in the Chicago area where I have lived for the majority of my life. My goal is...

Hello all,
What is your experience with “blackout dates” in a month to month lease? For example some verbiage in a lease saying you will be charged x fee if you move out between Nov-Feb or you can’t move out between...

I am relocating from St. Paul, MN to the Wilmington, NC area and am considering REI wit vacation rental properties.  I need to learn all I can in the next 6 months before I move in June, 2015.

(Pictures above are of the unit with Tenant B - referenced below - caused issues about)Hi all!  So - just over a month and a half ago I posted about locking in my first round of tenants in my units.  I am a investor b...

Hey BP!  I'm a new investor out of Navarre, FL.  Last month, I retired from 24 years of active duty service in the Air Force and now I'm looking to start purchasing some rental properties between Destin and Pensacola....

Calling all local investors, agents, lenders, etc. I have been doing a large amount of research into the real estate investing world and will be dipping my hand in the pot here in the next month. It is very exciting a...

With Thanksgiving arriving next week, we all need to take some time off and enjoy our families during the holidays. Also we need to contemplate exactly what we are thankful for.

I am Thankful for my wife who after I...

I'm looking to purchase a property and I've trying to figure out what's the best course of action in regards to lending. I've heard advice from both sides - Some people I've talked to say that you should always shop a...