We hear so much about how we should Diversify our money and portfolios. Yet most of us here on BP beat to a different drum. We don’t depend solely on a work 401k or pension plan to be our saving grace when we are 65. ...

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...

Hello everyone I'm turning 18 in July and am fortunate enough to have a family who has started a fund in my name when I was born which has grown to $80k in cash and $60k in stocks. I live in southern California in the...

Hey all! I started advertising for my property 3 days ago and had a showing yesterday and another one lined up for Friday. Just as background info (sorry for the repetition if you read my other post) I had one propert...

New to real estate and looking for my first rental. Have been using the rental calculator on every potential property I find in Waukesha, Wisconsin and surrounding towns. Every single property is a bust! Negative cash...

Hey guys,  we often talk about the tax benefits of owning real estate.  Do these benefits extend beyond the rental income?  Could somebody give me a laymen's overview of how this works?

I wonder what do someone approaching retirement do with $1,000,000.00?  Buy a single property with cash and have about $65,000/yr in cash flow or use it for DP on a $4,000,000.00 property?  Would the cash flow be the ...

I get markets, lifestyles and goals differ.. but how much passive income do you need coming in to walk away from your full time job?

We all are ambitious if we’re on BP.. so what are your goals? What is the line whe...

Some background - Around 5-6 years ago, I was getting decent tenants for the most part and a pretty good PM company to manage the rentals in MO state. While I understand that it is part of the game to have a rental pr...