My vote goes to Professor Gates who immediately accused a police officer of racial profiling when that police officer responded to a report of a break-in of his own house. Was it really too much to ask that Prof. Gat...

Typical Pre-Listing Activities1. Research Current Properties 2. Research Sales Activity from MLS and public records databases 3. Provide Average Days on Market Assessment 4. Review Property Tax Roll 5. Prepare a Compa...

Hey everyone. My girlfriend and I are new to BP and have a unique situation. We have been travel nurses the past few years and are looking to start investing in some properties. We are originally from Kentucky, but...

Hello everyoneI am 3 days new here in BP. My husband Eric and I have been really excited to find this site and we've started listening to its podcast and reading post here like crazy in these few days. But now we run ...

Irvine , CA Thursday, January 07, 2016 According to a new study of companies leaving California during the last eight years, the state's business climate will worsen because of a multitude of proposed tax hikes and ne...

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I for one believe we're not going to see a real estate crash anytime soon, and I firmly believe in the power of pessimistic thinking. But I'm also not wholly ignorant of all the aspects of this busin...

So how much longer can this boom continue around here?  I live in Palo Alto, where I have my main residence.  I own rental properties in San Mateo, Foster City and East Palo Alto.  The one in East Palo Alto I only pur...

Seattle has decided you don't control your destiny or your property

1. you don't have a choice in who you can accept for your rental . . . . 

WA Supreme Court approves Seattle law requiring landlords to accept f...

Newbie here starting out, that is about graduate college and is looking into buying a multi family to house hack. The certain house I am looking at has 4 beds upstairs then 2 downstairs. I would live in downstairs whi...

I saw an Year end report that talks about negative net migration trend in cook county and especially in the city of Chicago. I’m curious how investors take these numbers. I see such articles on negative net migration...