We're putting a cash offer in on a property. It's a property that needs some work and we'll be living in it and then doing a cash out refinance to purchase another investment property. It has a septic system and has b...

Hello everyone. After years of stalling, I've recently taken the plunge.. Appreciative of all the advice and information the BP community provides and suspect I will be spending my nights reading as much as I can...

Yesterday was my tenants last day in the unit. We are meeting today to do a walk-through of the unit to confirm their is no damage and it has been cleaned. Is there a form you use to conduct the walk-through. Any t...

From everything that I've read so far on BP and abroad it seems like there is a questionable argument for LLCs vs Umbrella Insurance. So, let me start by saying I have my first rental property and am looking for the m...

Introduction
This complex topic has been discussed on many BP threads, with persistent misunderstandings and misrepresentations. Many investors fail to grasp the fundamental principle of taxation: you cannot, based o...

Introduction
My intentions here is not to do a quick look at the numbers but a deep dive into the entire experience of doing my first development. I did break this down into sections so that you can skip to area of i...

Just under a month ago, I closed on a 4plex in (East) Oakland, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was a HomePath property that had been on the market for just over 6 months, and was able to squeeze in with a convent...