Hello all on BP! First off I know this question has so many variables and there is no correct answer but id like to hear your opinions and welcome all feedback.

A little about myself, I'm leaving the military...

This is my first rental property purchase and we are fixing the place up. Prior tenant smoked so bad that there’s tobacco stains on the floors and light switches and walls. We got the walls covered and the light switc...

I am graduating from college in a few weeks and start a full-time job in Chicago in July. As I start investing in real estate does anyone have advice for investing on the side of their full-time job? Do you mostly foc...

If you are an investor who is looking to "cash out" of one or more of your real estate investments but concerned about the tax impact of realizing capital gains from highly appreciated and/or depreciated assets, I may...

Generally speaking, what is a "distressed" house? Whenever I hear this term I think of something that sells for around $30k and needs about as much in repairs (if not more) just to be rent ready.

What major r...

This past week when checking on something in the attic of one of our active rehabs, our handyman gave us a call explaining how he had found some pretty disturbing items. When he had been in there a month prior, the pl...

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 ...

    This Saturday I awoke early, and got in my car to start my 1 1/2 trip to Philadelphia. Ron LeGrand, the millionaire real estate investor was set to speak. My Real Estate education goes as far as some courses and b...

Starting this thread after reading through the "Austin is Hot" thread.  After reading that thread, the Austin atmosphere looks similar to California.  I'm a California investor and certainly a dearth of deals out ther...