I’m looking to house hack in Tucson, Arizona, and have made offers on a few duplexes with the goal of living in one unit and renting out the other. However, the duplexes within my budget (~$360K) often require substan...

I am sure everybody has encountered the nit picky tenant. They may be a good paying tenant, but they annoy you to death with every little thing wrong in the home.Obviously I pride myself on getting real repairs, repai...

Hey BP community!I’m about to start building a vacation rental in the dessert near Joshua Tree. I’m starting to feel that by the time it’s built we could be in a rescission (if we’re not already). What will this look ...

Hi you said in a previous post of mine what to tell a realtor to get an accurate ARV.This was a reply by one of the realtors.This was her 1st reply.

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the offer, but I don't think I'm the r...

I've put in offers for over 15 houses and still haven't had an offer accepted. I'm offering cash, 5 day inspections, full price (and sometimes more on some of the houses) and still no luck.

Maybe somebody can shed s...

A recent post questioned whether owners buy flood insurance. There were a few posts and replies.
I've owned properties and paid insurance on well over 1000 homes in the last 40 years. Do you know how many insura...

Hi Everyone - I'm new to BP and new to REI.  I live in Southern California, as the market is super inflated.  I am looking to make my first real estate investment as I have enough cash to either buy a cheap place in a...

Ok so i'm ready to get my first rehab underway, I've done enough research and it's about time that I pull the trigger. The only thing that holds me back is "MONEY". I don't want to use my own and the only way to go ab...

Hello BP!I just wanted to share my plan for creating an unfair advantage for myself. Another title for this post could be "From adversity to advantage"1. Become a licensed contractor. In Michigan all I have to do is t...

Hey, guys!I've been on BP for about 7 months now and I have quickly learned two things:There is no better place than BP to talk real estateThe wealth of information on BP is immeasurableI've read and learned quite a l...