Hello BP,So, I'm 2 direct mail campaigns in and I haven't reached my goal of closing my first deal yet. Slightly discouraged but not yet defeated I was hoping for some help from the BP community to get my first deal i...

How many of you have offered your properties on lease w/option to buy? What were the terms of that? Meaning did you charge X amount down up front and a lease term of X amount of time? After which point their down woul...

Before I start paying my attorney, I would like to hear suggestions from BP members.  I'm working with an owner open to seller financing with a 3-year balloon.  The details are as follows:Purchase price $385,000.  It ...

so im finding out real quickly that real estate is going to be a tuff nut to crack. As i think i found my way into the real estate field, i find out it may be illegal (bird dogging) all the research that i have done i...

I'm aware that people are buying homes now. I know an agent in SoCal who has sold 57 homes in 2008 and already has sold 10 in 2009. She tells me that these people are buying retirement homes. Most of them will rent, l...

I just started investing in R/E on my own, I have almost no capital to work with so far, but I am networking a lot and depending on "OPM"

I have been talking to so many people, that I already have a couple of leads ...

Can anyone help me make an investment decision?Recently I purchased a SFH in a small, rural neighborhood in Statesboro, Ga. The house is a 3 bedroom, two bathroom 1200 sq foot starter home on 3/4 an acre of land with ...

I recently checked in on a deal that I lost in December because I offered too low for the seller to accept at $22,500. It was a smaller home around 1050 sq ft, 2 bed 1 bath. Potentially 3 bedrooms due to funky floor p...

Hello! I will be renting out a town house in a college town (Norman, OK). My question is should I charge a fee and use the money to do a background check? If they're a student I figure it wouldn't be needed. As for a ...

I’ll try to keep this as short as possible I have a pretty good tenant staying at my guest house month to month.  He was not allowed to bring a live in girlfriend without my approval but I read previous topics on this...