
A/C Repair Yields Over 31 Percent:Financial calculators aren’t normally a hot topic, even in real estate circles, but I took the opportunity to attend an information session on the subject sometime ago, and I haven’t ...

I read online that you can use a seller 2nd for the down payment, but some lender told me you can't do that with a conventional loan. Is that true or does he just not know what he's doing? I have excellent credit a...

Not necessarily about RE; but an encouraging NY Times article today for great people on BP.FIRE movement — the acronym stands for financial independence, retire early — a way out of soul-sucking, time-stealing work an...

Questions in uncertain of. I don’t see no other restaurants around the area of interest, so how do you go about dealing with comps for restaurants? Small diners at that. Also like what are documents I should ask for t...

My wife and I are house hunting for our primary residence, but we eventually see it becoming a rental.
Around here (Northern VA), pretty much any decent place you find is going to be tied to an HOA, a condo a...

When advertising for rent, I get people here and there that ask if I accept tenants that receive Section 8 assistance, am I even able to say no? I guess you could say no on the basis that property isn't section 8 appr...

Hello BP Community!I have dived deep into the info provided in BP and other areas including books and have come to a conclusion that in order to reach the goals I have set I will need to venture into apartment rentals...

I have a situation where I lost a property due to lender's slow processing (This is a major bank not an investment lender)
It's kind of a long one so bare with me.
Back in December of last year, I found a HUD propert...

Hi BP community! I am new, here, on the forums. My wife and I are looking to begin our investing portfolio in/near Cook County, IL. We work full-time jobs, and plan to live in one unit for one year, at minimum. I wou...

BP,
I have roughly a couple hundred thousand dollars coming my way (depending on the economic climate at the time as it is all tied up in RE in a trust) through inheritance. I know it is tacky and frowned upon to tal...