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N/A N/A So What was your Profession B4 Real Estate ?
28 September 2007 | 41 replies

Real estate has people from all kinds of professional backgrounds, some of which you'd be shocked. So what did you do before real estate ?

Richard Dekok Getting started in a overpriced market.
8 December 2021 | 9 replies

Good Evening all.  I am a beginner, but yet I've been a landlord for about 11 years. This is via my mothers home that my sister and I inherited. I am a physical therapist and was doing quite well until covid hit as I ...

Brett Merrill New member in Massachusetts
22 November 2016 | 17 replies

Hello BP community,My name is Brett and I am fairly new to BP and REI. I am a 28 year old physical therapist currently living in Brookline, MA. I came across BP after hearing it mentioned in a different personal finan...

Matt Markel How do you show someone who is eternal pessimist the advantages of real estate investing??
3 September 2013 | 14 replies

My mother in law is someone who has very deep pockets, cash of roughly 250-300k. She is very open about her finances and income. She is always the "Debby Downer" type, on everything. I would love to show her a c...

Kelan Krohe New Investors
15 November 2016 | 9 replies

Good morning everyone!My name is Kelan, and my fiancee's name is Liz. We are completely new to the real estate investing world. A quick little blurb about us: I am currently a Physical Therapist, and Liz is a Realtor....

Luke Carl Why Bad Reviews are a Good Thing in Short Term Rental
12 January 2021 | 27 replies

Yeah, I said it. And yes it's because I just got one. 
     First of all -I want to make it perfectly clear that I am not encouraging you to allow bad reviews. Anything short of a glowing 5-star review that quite fra...

Brian C. Depressed renter
29 December 2015 | 19 replies

We have a 2 unit building that we have lived in for 10 years.  The renter lived there before we bought it.  It was/is our first place, the renter was clean and worked a stable blue collar job, and it was easy to keep ...

Larry Flanagan Should repeat sellers be paying full commissions?
21 October 2019 | 11 replies

If i am selling a house every month or two should I be negotiating a discounted commission?  I'm having to pay up for deals on the front end so it seems like the realtors are making as much as me on flips.  I dont thi...

Alexander Goodson Potential tenant cliaming their 2 dogs are emotional support dogs
4 April 2023 | 33 replies

First time landlord and I've got this couple applying that are telling me their 2 dogs are emotional support animals and that they don't need to tell me about them and don't need to pay a pet fee. I found an article s...