Hello BP nation! My question for BP nation is what is your day job? Although we would love to be, most of us are not yet full time investors.  As I grow older and try to figure out the direction of my career, I love ...

I am currently saving for my first down payment on a buy and hold real estate property. I'm using Barclays with their really high 1.5% APY savings account. A lot of people will argue that if you are saving for a down ...

Hi Everyone! I get it. Birmingham is a great place to invest in and you get your ROI. However, recently I started noticing that in the Eastern Birmingham area, most homes, acquired by Out of State Investors (Californi...

What is one thing you've added to your lease that may not be in the standard lease that has prevented a problem you had from happening again?  Not looking for the specific wording unless you'd like to share, but the "...

If everything goes well then our worst tenant ever will be moved-out in just under 12 hours from now, the champagne is on ice and we are cautiously optimistic. Interestedly enough, the problems with this tenant have v...

is there anything i can do with empty lots? how do i know if one lot is better than another? on craiglist there are hundreds of people trying to sell lots and am wondering if it is anything special and how to wholesal...

Hi Everyone!We took possession of our first rental on July 15th and we are self-managing it.  We've prepared a pre-screening questionnaire with guidance from Heather & Brandon Turner's Managing Rental Properties b...

I need some input for a SF specific situation that no one but those who knows the tenants laws in SF could possibly understand:I purchased a 1 bdrm TIC to live in, moved back home temporarily (so I thought) when my mo...

What is your definition of Commercial Real Estate? I know many on BP consider Multi Family to be commercial R.E. Others believe that it's any real estate used for "business" purposes, still others consider any propert...