Hi there BP world,My name is Rafi, and I joined BP a few weeks ago, but it's taken me a while to introduce myself. Basically, I'm an Aussie, living in Israel, interested in US real estate.I sort of got into RE by acci...

Real life of a newbie investorI've been inspired by Account Closed post, "real life of a real estate investor". With that being said, I believe there's value in sharing my journey with other newbies. I will begin givi...

Hi BP!I'm looking for advice on how to begin analyzing a land deal with a possible timber harvest. There are three separate, adjoining parcels for sale, totaling 303 acres in northern WA state for $2,500 an acre. The ...

Looking for insights and opinions on my personal situation.  I am exploring the transition into NNN investing because I'm tired of residential tenants.  If someone's heat or toilet is broken I would rather that not be...

Greeting BP Network,Long time listener first time (writer), but I have a life-transition question that I thought I would throw out to the community for advise. I am a licensed architect who's spent the last 10-years d...

Hi, everyone! As I've gotten more and more experience in this world, friends and family have asked me how they can work with me. Many have money, but not the time or desire to do this on their own. As such, they've as...

Hey Everyone, New Investor from beautiful San Francisco, CA.I am a transplant from the North East and loving the California lifestyle! Even if rents are completely obscene here in the city! A little about myself... ...

Even though Net Present Value is used mainly in financial management I think it is probably the best ratio/calculation for analyzing a real estate deal. Unfortunately in Real Estate Analysis people usually use mainly ...

As regular readers of this site know there’s plenty of sentiment (and evidence) that we’re headed for some bad times, maybe even some truly TERRIBLE times.

I have two questions:
1) Are you worried and, if so, ho...

I have a duplex that has two really old gas furnaces that are about to die on me. Instead of dropping $6000 on two new ones, I have contemplated replacing the heating with baseboard electric heat throughout. This plac...