After a frustrating experience today I was wondering where investors have had the best overall experience with a local planning department in or around LA/Orange County. Are there any areas you refuse to invest in bec...

Hello BP!

I am a new investor located in a town just south of Madison, WI. To this point I only have accidental experience in investing as I completed a live in flip of my (at the time) primary residence in Chandler...

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to resign for describing Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign as "light-skinned" with "no Negro...

How to beat other investors who are willing to pay higher offer price than what I will pay for? How do you close deals faster even when sellers will not budge from their high retail asking price? Do you use other peop...

HELLO fellow BPers,I'm doing it. I'm going all in on the Direct Mail stuff. There. I said it. Someone follow up with me in a week and make sure I'm on my way.I live in an extremely competitive market and want to acqui...

Hi all,I have everything in place to close on a property purchase, however, Seller is wanting to take on another contract, because closing was delayed by a week, and we did not have an amendment to officially extend t...

Wow, this is interesting ... Denver has filed felony criminal charges against a Denver couple for operating multiple Airbnb short-term rentals in violation of the primary residence.According to the people I talk to in...

Federal Reserve reduced its economic outlook for 2009.

The central bank said it expects some business conditions to improve in coming months, but it also lowered its assessment of the economy for the full year and sa...

I'm very new to this and have only recently started researching real estate investment, so please excuse my ignorance (as this post will probably be riddled with it). My childhood best friend and I are in the process ...