Hello BP! I have a family member looking wanting to exit his corporate job and start investing in RE. He has $1m+ in his 401k. What are the best tax strategies to mitigate the tax burden and avoid the 10% hit on being...

The National Association of Realtors just released some very useful rental data for 70 metro areas showing information like the % change of income for renters from 2009-2014, % change in number of renter households, a...

Hello BP! I'm sitting here with a sprained ankle, Business Planning for Dummies, and nothing to do but think. It's nearing one year since I joined BP, and so much has happened. I feel like I'm a different person. In f...

Investors should be focusing on appreciation and not cash flow with rentals in this shifting market...

Hey BP! So I'm a new member here and I currently own a nice 3 bed, 2 bath, 1 car garage condo up in the Lake Tapps/Lakeland Hills area. I happened upon a great deal on my condo (I believe I found it on Zillow by sheer...

I purchased a duplex built in 1989. It's my first home/investment. Its in an area that today people generally want to live, the other homes are kept in nice condition and new homes are still being built only a few str...

Hello BP World,I went to Lancaster yesterday to look at some properties (single family and duplex). My overall outlook on the area was mixed. After researching the area, I've seen that the crime rate is very high comp...

Hi Everyone - I've been looking to do a house hack for a while as my first real estate deal. I'm 24 and have taken the last few years since I graduated college to get a job, save for my first investment property, and ...

The original thread Greg R. started on the topic has been closed for further contributions, so I put my input in this new thread.
Hello @Greg R
Crash deniers? Interesting title.
Blanket statements by experts have ...

I am working with a turnkey provider and found a single family house (3 bed 2 bath) in Hueytown with numbers that makes sense.  The house is bit dated; it appears to me that the turnkey provider bought at 100K, made m...