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Hey BP community!
I own a few units in Cleveland and live in San Francisco. I was rather young for the 2008 crash so I don’t have the hands on experience in a down market.
What is the realistic downside of a marke...
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Happy New Year everyone!! I know I am a bit late, but I wanted to share the highlights of 2021.
I started my Real Estate journey late 2019, a friend of mine encouraged me to get into Real Estate and I spent the rest ...
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To the guys that are experienced in real estate long enough to have seen multiple cycles, what are your thoughts on what is going on right now? Where are we at in the cycle of high prices, foreclosures, low prices, et...
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Hello BP Family,I am planning on purchasing my 1st property this coming year. My initial plan was to invest in a multiunit (duplex,triplex) and house hack. However, I started a new job in June and would be filing my s...
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Hi All, Been lurking for a while and this is my first post. It has been a while since I have made a purchase but want to get back in the rental market but feel like a newbie at this again. My current goal is to look f...
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Hey everyone, looking to pick up my first house in Sacramento and wanted to really pick something up in the Natomas/South Natomas area. What will most likely happen, due to housing prices, is me buying something i...
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We're working on our first project, a SFH flip in Houston, TX. Our contractor presented us with a price list tallying the work he's done so far. The two largest items being replacing some windows and reframing the roo...
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Hello everyone,
I am Michele Roseland from Fitchburg, WI (A small burb outside of Madison).
I have been in the real estate industry in some form or another most of my life.
I grew up in Property Management, worked...
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I know many have the opinion not to focus on school systems when investing in rental properties or flipping. I am trying to understand how you can detect that a lower rated school system is improving, and ideally on a...
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I'm new to RE investing. I live in San Francisco, but I'm from Central Texas (Burnet) and lived in Austin for awhile. I'm looking to do some investing in the Austin area, but the market seems really hot and everything...