Hi guys… thanks for all the wonderful posts. This website has been incredibly useful to me starting out. I do have a question. My husband and I are debating on whether or not to convert our basement to a rental ...

Greetings! My wife and I are about to purchase our first property and I wanted some advice from the internet.Our plan is to purchase a duplex and live in one side while renting the other side, which will almost cover ...

So I finally decided to take an aggregate look at my numbers instead of year by year slices, since I now have a reasonable number of rental data on my own properties (656 months)Here's the breakdown of where the rent ...

I finally closed my first seller-financed deal last week in a great neighborhood.  The home is a 3 bed 1.5 bath tri-level w/ 1350 sqft and a 1 car garage built in 1960.  It took 2.5 months of back and forth negotiatio...

This would be my first deal.  Its in St Mary's County, MD, 2 hours from where I live.   I've had one conversation with the owner who is very aware that I am inexperienced and new to investing, from the questions I've ...

Hi BP,  I've been learning more and more and I feel like I'm ready to take on my first house hack of a 4 plex.I've done some napkin math  and can't really see how I'd go wrong, even with an economic crash and having a...

I currently have a pre-foreclosure property under contract that is scheduled to go to auction in 2 weeks.  I know with the short timeframe, I need to focus on postponing the foreclosure or getting it removed completel...

We currently own home in central FL in a desirable location 40 min to beach 30 min to downtown Orlando. it was built in the late 50s solid block home. 2 bed 1 bath large lot.  Never mad money off of it (had family mem...

I haven't been in the REI game too long, so please hold the "you should have seen that during your showing" comments.  The purpose of this post is mostly because I want to vent to the BP community, but general thought...

My family owns about 3 acres in a semi-rural part of Montgomery County, Texas. We recently found out that the new "Aggie Super Highway" from Houston to College Station will have frontage on our property. So we have be...