To introduce myself, I am a valley engineer who is tired of working on software and wants to put his money to work. Towards this end, a few weeks ago, I started looking at investments in the bay area. Since this is my...

I started seriously posting to zillow and trulia and I keep getting the same message which I'm assuming is a automated request by people interested in the rental:"I am interested in this rental and would like to sched...

Hello all, after doing tons of research. Close to buying a 3-unit family and then backing out because I did not feel the cashflow amount was worth it. I was thinking about going bigger after watching a bunch of youtub...

Hello BP!Just wondering if you guys have any references for a good place to get started building a website? Mostly just for directing leads. Cheap is great, and i have zero website building experience, but lots of gen...

Hey BP folks, looking for a situation opinion here. First time this has happened to me.I solely utilize buildium's e-pay service for rent collection and for the fisrt time had an "echeck" reversed for NSF. The tenant ...

Hello BP community,I,m Carl Todd in a flip thats flopped.This post is really hard to do after reading so many success stories here. I'm a newbie investor in my 1st flip, and I'm running out of options and losing money...

I have been speaking with short-term furnished rental owners who rent to workers or other travelers, and operate near national parks like Yosemite, in urban areas like Oakland and San Francisco, the desert and coastal...

Greetings everyone.As some of you know, I'm building a new house in San Jose, documented here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/522/topics/154... , which scheduled to be finished in a couple of months.  So I'm itch...

How are you guys able to make deals cash flow with new rates (assuming traditional bank financing)?For example, a retaltively cheap house in the Houston market is listed at $250K. Assuming 6.73% rate, 20% down, 30 yea...