Landon Elscott
I lost $22,000 selling a sports car, but improved my net worth $27,500 - my first deal!
After writing this, I now realize it's pretty long, so I put the main focus and details of the deal in bold and the rest of the fluff in italics.Prior to successfully completing my first real estate deal, one of the t...
Cory J Thornton
Rookie mistakes I'm making and a tenant with tumors
Hey BP family - I am very new to RE Investing. I decided to make RE Investment a focus a year ago, and as of four weeks ago, my wife and I have picked up five properties. Below I tried to give a brief overview of my c...
Theo Carrazco
Eviction versus Foreclosure, which is worse?
Friends, I came across an ad, on Craigslist that made me think. The ad was of a modern home in a decent area. Of course, the rent was inflated but not by much. The ad listed renter qualifications, and explicitly said...
Larry Marshall
When you started, were you like “good lord this is too much!”
I’m in year 1—I have been eyeballing RE for years though. I have recently been reading a RE book every 7-10 days and man, have you ever been like “THIS IS A LOT OF INFO!!”I want to do this, and I do believe RE can and...
June Veenstra
Renovating apartments - is it worth it?
I own multifamily buildings with a lot of vacancies. In order to get the vacant apartments back on the market they need extensive renovations. I've done the calculations and it totally pays to renovate in towns such...
Frank Fiore Jr
To Short Sale or Not To Short Sale That Is The Question?
I realize there is no sure fire way to guarantee a lender will agree to a short sale and in a lot of cases it seems to come down to "the bottom line", will it be it more profitable; or should I say less costly; tha...
Mike Alder
Building "Tiny Homes"
Hello BP Family,Does anyone in the group have experience building or living in these super cool "Tiny Homes"I'm brainstorming a strategy for 2016 and looking for some feedback on the subject. Thanks!
Jim Wineinger
Are things getting better in the Mideast?
It has been in the news a lot recently about Iran's current leaders and their contempt toward the west!
Could things be changing? It appears the country is uprising against the leaders!!!!
See this news report.
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Karen Margrave
ROMNEY WINS!!
We don't have to wait for election day... The race was decided yesterday, on the football field, in the game between the Cowboys and Redskins. For 17 out of the past 18 elections, if the Redskins win their home game b...
Josh Raymond
Evaluating Sale Vs. Rent
Hello BP Community,
How do you evaluate selling a property that has appreciated 6 figures vs. keeping it as a rental?
Purchased a place to live in 2014 297K, could sell for $415,000 in todays market within a month....