I am ready to make a move on my first commercial real estate purchase and I'm hoping this post will give me some peace of mind. To give you some background, I have an insurance business located in Southwest Louisiana ...

You have closed on your hard money loan and now it is time to get your rehab going......I created a list to save you some time:  Please use the following building permit checklist if you are planning a rehab in City o...

I am not sure there is really a good thread here in BP which address this question.  I know there are many blogs but those do not provide expanded conversations around the idea, IMO.  If you are a seasoned, new or pot...

Forst off I am a HUGE rookie. I have been searching for a turnkey duplex for a while that needs little maintenance but will cash flow pretty decent.(First property and we have limited time to purchase and are tired of...

I'm interested to know where people get their data from when analyzing different metro areas.  I know the census has data, as well as Citydata and there's some decent demographic data on LoopNet, but I'm wondering if ...

I've been studying investing in RE for several months now and I've occasionally run across an email that is boasting about a individual property's "Replacement Cost Equity", usually a SFR. If I am correct, this v...

Hi everyone, I'm Chien and I am totally new to the BP community.  Being buried in my own little space for too long so just trying to keep up with all the latest and greatest of r/e market.  I'm kid in a candy store.

For those self managing landlords, what is the advertising portal that gets you the most leads?
I know Zillow is commonly used but I was curious if social media has been effective for anyone? Specifically Facebook mar...

In email conversation with an agent about an 8 unit property, I questioned how she arrived at the ask price considering the income, expense and cap rate figures she sent me.  The figures and the list price didn't alig...

Why have you not sold, refinanced, or 1031 exchanged your pricey RE for more cash flow? I did and went from $50,000 cash flow to my current $120,000 cash flow and in 2 months moving to $160,000 cash flow.  Would you h...