I was hating my job, the long commute, the stifling manager, the boring day-to-day routine…and everything. I told my husband I want to do something just for myself, for us, for our future. In late November, I told him...

They are now doing a reality show on the Phoenix auctions. A friend told me once they started Storage Wars, the number of people at auctions tripled. This is good for bidding services but bad for investors. Time to...

Hello BP - I have an interesting situation. While doing rental history check of a potential tenant, I find out the owner is selling. I popped the question if he is willing to sell direct - and he says yes! It's not on...

Hi All, I had an idea recently to essentially pay 0 costs out of pocket for a home. Please tell me if I'm crazy for even thinking of using this method instead of just going with a 5% down 0 point 2.75% 30 year convent...

folks... last time I was in this situation I was getting very nervous, when I tried to dial seller's phone, by the time I get to the seventh digit I would just quit. finally, I mustered enough courage and told her my ...

Hi BPersI'm looking at buying a house in Chicago whose roof is intact and without leaks but very near end of life according to both the general inspection and a roofing spection. The roof is 1250 square feet and is qu...

I've been kicking around the idea of investing in self storage for a while now and want to pull the trigger on getting my first property.  Over the weekend I sent an offer over for a property that I feel has potential...

I'm a Realtor in Central Oregon and a client wants me to write a "Subject To" offer. I've never written one of these before so any info would be super helpful! Like specific clauses to include, contingencies, etc. 

I am ready to buy my first house to flip (yay!) and it's owned by a VA bank. They've been slow, which I expected, but now they want things to close quickly. I think they were holding out for a vet to buy the property....

Hoping for some feedback - in the counter offer stage of this deal. I'm looking at a $470,000 purchase price for a beautiful home built in 1920 downtown of a growing town in the north bay area of San Francisco (1 bloc...