Hey BP Forum!     When you purchase a buy and hold property do you believe in making only necessary repairs or do you go in and gut the place even if it doesn’t help your ROI?     I’ve been going back and forth on thi...

Hi all,I'm trying to dive into real estate wholesaling and would like to learn how to develop the instrumental skill of estimating rehab costs. I need to get this down so I can analyze any wholesale, flip, or buy and ...

While my 4plex is in a "C" neighborhood, I like it to be the nicest place on the block. I think it helps attract good tenants, better rents, less vacancy, and less headaches in the long run. I have a nice garden th...

I'm just curious as to how other people define 'overleveraged'? How much leverage is too much? I would be afraid to have a balloon loan or a one year arm. I would be afraid to use hard money. But I do have a 20 year a...

If you mention any one of those topics from  Direct Mail to SEO to Drive By... you can get a million different answers. All proclaiming to be the correct answer. I can attest to you that after 15+ years in the real es...

I am about to take the plunge and become a landlord. I just wanted to run some numbers by and see if it sounds like a good deal and if I should create a corporation first for myself or some other legal entity and ...

A house was recently withdrawn from the market because a potential buyer had a meth inspection that came back with high levels of meth contamination - indicative of a lab rather than just smoking it inside. Public rec...

I just finished reading Buy and Rent Forclosures byJoseph Neilson.

Mr Neilson advocates stripping houses of central air, garbage disposals and many other amenities in order to eliminate maintenance costs.

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I know several questions have been asked about renting to tenants with pitbulls in the forums but I have a specific question I haven't seen addressed.

I was told by an insurance agent that renter's policies exist wit...

Hello All,First post on BP and I'm so glad to be here! I'm looking forward to beginning my REI journey and haveing y'all in my back pocket to help and answer questions!So, a little background on me - I will be exiting...