Edgar Martinez
Thinking of Relocating to South East
Quick background & a few things to keep in mind:My wife and I are in our late 20s. We have been working towards reducing a lot of our debt in order to buy a duplex (and you know the rest). We also have a 7 month o...
Brian Christensen
Turnkey or go it alone
I live in a hot market (Utah) where deals are more difficult to find. Turnkey has appealed to me because of the time issue and the long distance investing uncertainty. I would love opinions for a newby. In a turnkey m...
Kenneth Bell
From sucessfully crowdfunding development to building and selling it
Thanks to all that followed me through my first crowdfunding raise for my infill development project. I figured why stop the party! I am going to chronicle the rest of the journey. Some background information on the p...
Devron Goodwine
Pets or no pets.
How do you determine if you'll allows pets in your rental property? And what's the worst experience anyone has had when allowing pets in your rental property?
Charles Hyatt
Cabinet recommendation for middle end rental
1,400 sqft, 3/2, $1,500 rent - Replace kitchen cabinets and countertopMy first quote on cabinets came in at $4,800 (just materials). Believe the manufacturer was Omega and the quality is pretty good, maple with self ...
Joshua Dorkin
Basketball Playoffs 2011
Any basketball fans out there? What are your thoughts about the playoffs so far?
My Knicks got eviscerated, the Lakers are a complete surprise (because they have sucked), and San Antonio looked like a bunch of geria...
Dominika M
Canadians - 2014 update
Hi Canada -ians, what are you up to at this time? Over the past few months we've seen many new investors join on BP, and I'm curious about everyone's progress. In the intro post everyone says what niche they're pick...
Lee Berkwits
Newbie from Asheville, NC
Hello world... I am interested in investing in Multifamily - though realize it is a bit late in the cycle - and at the point of trying to purchase my first property - getting practice with the BP calculators. I just...
Chris Virgil-Stone
How I increased equity 33% and lived rent free for 2 1/2 yrs
I purchased my first property in March 2013 right after graduating college with a bachelor’s in finance (Dec ’12) and months after getting my first professional job as a staff accountant (July ’12). Making $35k /yr wa...
Leonid Solomonik
Buying properties in FEMA flood zone
Hi everyone,
Has anyone dealt with purchasing properties in FEMA declared flood zone? Any word of advise besides additional expense on flood insurance. Many properties in CO got flooded last summer and were c...