When we purchased our 3 unit bldg together (newly married) in 2006, there not yet any red flags of the pending housing crash that reared its ugly head that very same fall.  Some say 2008 but this part is not impt to t...

I was born and raised in CA. It's so heartbreaking to see what is happening to it.  A recent poll says that 46% of the people plan on leaving the bay area. Let's do our own poll (FOR CALIFORNIANS or those that recentl...

BP Family! Bring it in :-)I've been consistently analyzing deals in LA on a daily basis and had to keep writing "Damn" on the bottom of  my pages of paper after analyzing that the property will not cash flow. Well, I ...

I have crunched the numbers and I see a negative cash flow, I would love a 2nd opinion.

BackgroundI have learned a lot from people on the BiggerPockets boards and I wanted to offer some of my experience in the hope that someone else could find some useful information. I started following the real estate ...

Hi All,

Closed my 1st deal from the the 1st 1,000 mailers I sent out to absentee owners mid May.

The 2nd mailer (1,000YL's) produced less than 12 calls and my last mailer produced 3 hang ups and a not s...

I figured this would be an interesting discussion to have. I am really excited to hear from the folks who are much older than I am on this one. As they say "you don't know what you don't know"
@Jay Hinrichs
@Russell...

I understand it is impossible to know how big or when a housing bubble will happen, but just curious to see other people's thoughts on subject. In the event of a bubble, what would your strategy be? Is it smart to try...

Afternoon BP,After news broke of Amazon moving forward on finding a new HQ, I got really excited for the possibility of a new/increased opportunity in a new area. I currently own and rent in Central Florida, but would...

On 9/5 we went into contract on an SFR in Holiday, FL (Colonial Hills subdivision), right before Hurricane Irma.  This is the northern part of the Tampa Bay area, which did not see as much damage as the areas more sou...