One year ago, I purchased a property for $550k and signed a tenant to a 10 year lease.  The proprietor was a coffee shop/bookstore that was operating down the street.  They wanted to expand as well as offer food and a...

Tea Partiers should pay close attention. It wont be long before you will be able to tell who is paid for, and who is there to serve the people.

Perhaps the Republican Party will be divided much like the old Democrat...

I am located in Florida & I have had so many issues with HOA attorney fees on past due assessments on properties that we purchase at Foreclosure Auction Sales. Has anybody had any luck fighting these impossible &...

WTH!

While working a potential offer on a property, a suggestion to my agent prompted this response from him:

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While it sounds like a good idea the law prohibits the marketing of properties for sale or lease unle...

After calling a few commercial mortgage brokers, I've realized that the game changes after 5+ units.

My experience has been with 2-4 units. Lending on it is pretty easy/straightforward. You want a 30-year fixed loa...

My husband and I live in Chicago but want to buy an inexpensive vacation condo in Miami or Fort Lauderdale for about 150,000. We own our primary residence in Chicago which is paid for. Does it make sense to buy a seco...

Hi folks, this is my first post in BP. I have been browsing the forum for a while. I'm considering buying a rental property in Edmond. My strategy is buy and hold for long term. It appears to me Edmond has a loooot of...

Ugh! Lead Famine! Has this ever happened to you?
Where you recently had a few failed direct marketing campaigns drain funds and no one is calling on flyers/classified ads anymore? And you look up to find you have no...

Ok so I am stumped. I have a tenant complaining of a periodic beep in a 5 unit building. I can hear it, other tenants hear it occasionally but she hears it night and day every 15 to 45 minutes for like 1 second. ...

Hi all,

I am new to investing, and am about to buy my first real estate investment. I am trying to figure out how to calculate my return (cash on cash?/after tax), and have had a couple different people tell me diff...