I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing.  However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...

Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...

Hello Everyone! I am a senior in High School about to graduate and am very tempted to drop the idea of going to College and dedicate the next four years of my life to working full time and saving all of my money to pu...

A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...

I was talking to a realtor who has cash buyer clients and he was telling me how wholesaling isn't an officially recognized real estate practice in the "real estate" industry.

It could be considered an illegal...

I was the high bid on a tax deed in a condo-hotel in Florida. I'm not really sure how that happened since there is a significant lien both from the condo association and the mortgage company. Both liens disappear si...

Hello all, I am new to the forum and I've been very interested in many of your insightful comments. I would really like some help with my current situation which is both complex and unnerving.

This particular...

Just wanted to get a sense of what people are seeing in Bay area and what they think will happen after a few month. Also wanted to see if I am being too negative on bay area and forecasting a 10-15% price drop.
The ...