Hi there,I have a tenant with two pitbulls.  The tenant was in the building when I bought it (I've owned the building for 2 months) and he claims to have an insurance policy covering them.My insurance company is sayin...

Good evening BP,I work full time as a teacher, part time as a behavioral therapist and I am a church musician. I’m trying to 10X my income to buy more properties. Furthermore, I’m married with 5 children under 5 years...

Bad news announced today. The new release is removing the ability to contact guests by hiding their emails and phone numbers and filtering them in the messaging.Given the fact VRBO is awful in vetting the guests, this...

After doing some digging around and speaking with several lenders, it seems that the normal guidelines for banks to fund an investment buy and hold property is a 25% down payment, plus 6 months worth of mortgage payme...

If you are middle class in America and you depend on W2 income for a living, the chips are stacked against you.1. Why are Americans who work for a living taxed more than investors who live off of their investments?2. ...

My wife has expressed concern about allowing people who are applying for our properties to know our home address (to send applications when they need to be mailed).  Even tenants who pay for rent know our address so t...

Hi All,I currently have a little over $6,000 in a 401k from one company, and a Roth IRA from a second company. I no longer work for either company, and would like to move that money into a self-directed IRA and invest...

Hey BP,

I was recently listening to the awesome interview that's in the BP blog that @Douglas Dowell did with securities attorney and syndicator Gene Trowbridge. It was full of some great i...

So I'm trying to raise private money and have been looking at what other investors/friends in my area have been including in their info packets to private lenders and wanted to get more input if you have experience...