How my father's death changed my businessI was 2 years old when my dad died. He left early for work one day, had a seizure while driving and died in a car crash. He was 28 years old and never made it back home.I was h...

When just starting out as a REI business, how should you structure your company?
Sole proprietorship (with enhance liability insurance) or LLC.
If you and your spouse are running the business together, is this a partn...

I want to start investing in Illinois. How do I find out which counties and cities in those counties would be the best places to start in? Why?

We are under contract for a 33 lot MHP with a financing contingency.  This will be our first park.  The bank says they will loan on either the purchase price or the appraisal price - whichever is lowest.   We will be ...

I’m just starting as an investor , I am going to purchase my first property soon but I don’t know what to turn it into . Would it be wise to turn my first property into a rental property after a year ? Or find a prope...

Hello everyone!My name is Tom and my wife is Tuyen. We are aspiring real estate investors who recently moved to San Antonio, TX. In the midst of moving, we also purchased our first home and have caught the real estate...

Has anyone had any experience with tenants trying to airbnb while they are gone for the weekend etc? Or has anyone put terms in the lease to prevent it?

California real estate investor Bruce Norris has predicted a 20% price increase in California residential real estate for 2013. This is a huge percentage increase, and many people are shocked by Norris’s prediction. B...

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I wanted to have a quick brainstorming session and get all of our creative juices flowing. My question is this, if you wanted to use private money as a source for a buy and hold investment, how ...

Hello BP community,My name is Mark Caiazza, I'm originally from Rochester, NY and joined the US Air Force in 2001. I purchased single family homes at my last two duty stations (Las Vegas, NV and Fairfield, CA). I am n...