Thanks to BP's podcasts and forums, I'm currently under contract for a two-family home in Weehawken, NJ.  It's my first home purchase and I'm very excited.  I've got a great view of Midtown at the end of the street an...

PDAs weren't good enough for Mr. Jobs, he had to go create an iPhone (which many of us now can't live without). He was relentless about trying to give the user the best possible experience. I wonder how he would reinv...

Hey BP friends,Backstory:I'm in process of rehabbing a 1920s house in San Antonio, Texas, which has a cedar post pier & beam foundation. The house is 1600sqft total with a second story being only 500 sqft. The fou...

I've done some research here on the forums and everyone recommends that getting your license is a good first step.  However, the startup costs can be quite expensive and it may take a couple months to get your first p...

Can anyone explain why the numbers are different when I run an amortization schedule through a calculator than it is in real life. For example we borrowed $236k at 4% and a 20 year amort. Any calculator I use shows ...

Something that is not commonly preached in rehabbing and I feel it should be stated more frequently to the less experienced REIs is when looking at a property to rehab and budgeting, you allow the property to set the ...

Hi everybody. My name is Melinda Fulmer and I write about property issues for MSN and the Fiscal Times. I'm working on a story about marijuana grow houses and the foreclosure problem.

Has anyone here rented out one o...

I am doing a rehab to flip on a house that has insulation in the basement ceiling. Some of it is missing and what is there is upside down. As in: the paper is turned down rather than towards the heated area.

Would yo...

Does anyone have any experience with doing a 1031 exchange into a Delaware Statutory Trust?Background: I found a potential off market seller. Older couple thinking of selling there duplex. One thing holding them back ...

So I’ve been thinking a lot about rebranding myself. I have been in the business full time for 5 years. I feel like there are 2 things that set me apart from most agents in my market. 1. I am fairly heavily tattooed, ...