Hi BP, excited to say I made my first offer as an educated real estate investor today on a Freddie Mac REO property.  I emphasize the "educated" part b/c I made an offer on an investment property 14 months ago...and t...

i purchased my primary home with my wife about 5 years ago.  since i purchased my primary, i have also purchased close to 5 pieces of rental properties.  three are in my name personally and my llc owns 2 of them.  my ...

I really do not want to raise the rent, but am I being smart about this or just being a naïve newbie landlord? I am a newbie at real estate, landlording and property management (going to be 1 year on May 4th 2016).  ...

Looking to help from the BP community in figuring out how much of a security deposit I should hold back. I had tenants move out of a small studio apartment I have about 3 weeks ago. When I went to get the keys the apa...

Good evening all.  My real estate journey started two years ago when my parents passed and left me what was to be their unrealized retirement property. It’s ten acres on a hillside surrounded by vineyards with a pocke...

I feel bad.  One of my tenants is in her upper 60's, she works for a temp agency and has difficulty paying her bills.  She is never late and hasn't missed a payment.  She's been living in the building for six years.  ...

Another forum I belong to has a really awesome running thread where people post what they did to their car that particular day. It's good motivation and creates a little accountability. If this catches on, cool. If...

Hey everyone, I am looking at getting into REI and figured I would start with investing in Tax Liens. I was hoping to get in touch with people are are located or have invested in Tax Liens in Georgia. As this is my ve...

I bought a small multi-family about a year ago and inherited a terrible section 8 tenant who constantly complained to Housing dept. about every little thing and made my life hell... Her lease wasn't extended and she v...

The mailing arrived yesterday and I started getting calls shortly after noon. I just checked my call history and I've had 28 calls since then. The mailing was to a list of 465. This is the best response rate I've h...