Hi BP!First post here.  I'm a long time lurker.  This community is really cool.  My background... I grew up in Gainesville, FL.  I worked my way through college and realized with my income I could buy a house.  I boug...

Trying to start out slow and steady, (and somewhat idiot proof for me) my wife and I paid cash for our first real estate investment (buy and hold) at the end of February. Our goal is to diversify some or our portfoli...

I am starting to purchase SFR homes to buy and hold. The homes I'm getting tend to be older 1900-1950 and so have galvanized pipes. What rule of thumb do people tend to use for when to replace them? when something's l...

I have two duplexes that have some decent equity in them. Total combined would be about $70k. I started the Dave Ramsey program earlier this year and I am debating on selling them and paying off some personal debt car...

Hello everyone,I own a studio condo in a 14 unit building in St. Louis. A little background: I bought this property in 2008 in my 20s just before the crash, thinking you can't go wrong buying instead of renting. I pai...

Hello everyone!My short term goal is to house hack a duplex, 3plex. Long term would be to get into apartments and then sometime before death to open a hotel/resort...lolBUT i am just starting and im already at a cross...

Help me out BP fam!! I rented my home to a friend(bad idea I know), and it was a pretty laid back agreement..month to month lease..no deposit..cash randomly and not documented properly...etc. In fact, I don"t have t...

Over the past few days, I’ve been working on honing my underwriting skills and would like to “fine-tune” my strategy. I’m reaching out for opinions on whether a SFR or a MFR is a smart RE investment relative to my fin...

Good afternoon, I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to approach other investors in my area? I am really wanting to get into real estate, but my main issue is experience. I am on BP everyday listening to po...

Hi BP,2 months, I traveled to Vancouver, Canada and I noticed a lot of real estate activities going on. I been wondering as an invest from the US, what are the legal and tax implications of owning properties up there?