When I was a kid, I would look at the cars as they would drive down the road.  All of the cool cars I would either think to myself or ever say aloud to myself, "That's my car."  And when I was asked how much money I w...

Hello! I've learned so much on BP, mostly from lurking over the last few years as I prepare to shift full time to RE. I'm curious to tap the brain trust here on any angles I may not have considered. Would love to hear...

How much do you save if you choose DIY ?

Do you think 30% or 40onaverage? Some cases is it 50%?
don't have mega bucks to jump in with
one benefit of knowing how its done is knowing when someone is trying to ...

Hello BP Community,I have a tenant who constantly fails to let contractors in when I have scheduled repairs. I want to renovate the bathroom in the apartment to install a ceiling exhaust fan and new sheetrock/paint. P...

Mine is foreclosure filings and REO sales.Let me explain.In 2007, I was working on 20 shortsales and a business partner of mine was working on about 40 shortsale cases. None of the shortsales were accepted. This was u...

Market Vertigo
by Cliff Draughn

"We give you a Republic; now see if you can keep it." -- Ben Franklin

As I have remarked in prior calendar-turning newsletters, it is this time of the year when most people pause ...

Asking for money seems to be an embarrassing topic. It seems to be more embarrassing to ask for money from private individuals than from a bank. Why? I think because a bank is just an "institution" versus a pers...

I've posted about this before but I don't feel that a reasonable and sufficient conclusion was ever reached, at least not on my part.I have not yet done any deals. I currently work 8-5, have about 30k in the bank, and...