I would like to solicit feedback from both consumers and the pros on the feasibiltiy of buying a nice house near the beach near retail (I'm thinking NJ), then flipping it as quarter-share fractional interests at a pre...

PMs - How do you keep up with the whirlwind of bookkeeping involved with vacation rentals?  I've tried different vacation rental softwares that feature "integrated accounting" without much luck.  For years I've used s...

Hello all,Writing to get some bookkeeping advice. I am looking to move up from just excel spreadsheets and it appears that Quickbooks is the most liked option. Writing to see opinions/options on bookkeeping software a...

Well a few weeks ago I wrote about a window of investment opportunity. The forecast appears fortuitous? Or somewhat accurate.. In the past 10 days I've had no less than six clients get pre qualified for a potential pr...

A new colleague of mine here on BP has asked me some questions via PM and I thought it was best to present his questions and my answers in the public forum for all to benefit from. This will also give him and others t...

Work has me moving back to the Chicagoland area for about 6 months to 1 year. I'm originally from the area, and always consider Chicago "home". I currently have a place in Denver that I'll be renting out, and rather t...

I am trying to find the best way to make background checks from my PC on potential renters. I see several companies that offer such services online and don't know one from the other (i.e. Intelius, CriminalWatchdog a...

For those of you house hackers out there, could you provide the numbers to your deals? What makes a house hack successful in your opinion?What are reasonable expectations of a househack? I have done a house hack t...

Here in So Cal we're seeing quite a few potentials deals that will work IF we can add an additional room(s) and/or bathroom(s). With the decreased inventory we're trying to stay busy but don't have expe...