i am rehabbing a house that keeps getting vandalized. at first they just stole some copper from the AC but last night they pulled copper from hot water heater and the whole house is flooded.

I'm thinking about insta...

Hit my goal of 20 properties in December, and grabbed 1 more in January for a total of 21!

It’s been fun working with everyone, and I’m glad to have met some people I work with here on BP. I started buying real estat...

I need some advice on insurance. I have been using Allstate for years and have a couple of issues/questions. A new limit has been placed by Allstate and they won't write more than 4 LL policies per insured. I am gr...

This is not to be apocalyptic but to bring back to the front of people's minds a tradition that seems to have been lost recently. People used to keep pantries with significant stores of preserved food on hand in the ...

In a few short months I'll have reached the summit of my 12 year long endeavor to graduate high school and receive my diploma. For many people it's hard to know exactly what they want to do with their life, but luc...

Hi Everyone - I have 3 STRs and have gotten very serious with looking at the full financial picture on them now that we have a CPA. We just bought the last two in the last 6 months, but have had our first for almost 5...

Hello,
My name is Gigi Merritt, I live in the South Bay about 50 miles south of San Francisco, California.  I’m a new real estate investor interested in single family flips (to start) and I’m searching for not just a...

Live in FL.  Been looking at investing in AL.  All the financials make sense especially in Huntsville which seems to be one of few bright spots in AL as far as growth and low unemployment.Nervous about the crime rates...

Hey BP, whats your take on taking a personal loan for the down payment of the mortgage first property investment?

Is that possible, do such banks allow that?
Is it a bad idea?

Any feed back would be helpful, thanks...

Hi all!I'm curious about the difference between VA loan and conventional loan when it comes to house hacking in a 3 or 4 plex. I'm more interested in the actual act of borrowing, not so much the numbers involved with ...