Hello my name is Ben Eiesland.   I am from the westside of Portland.   Country boy at heart.  I am a Manufacturing Engineer in a nuclear products division.  I am here to learn.  I am interested mostly in buy and hold....

I am in the process of separating the house into 3 units. My realtor found me a heck of a house for easy dividing up into 3 units. I will have 2 one-bedroom suites and 1 two-bedroom suite. All will have a kitchen. Hop...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share a recent small victory for me. I’ve been strapped down for 3 years paying $500 a month on my 2011 Toyota Tundra and I finally have it completely paid off! It felt great sending in t...

Has anyone heard of this preston ely ? He sent me a Email about the death of real estate investing in 12 months. Just asking thanks clayton

It was 2014. I had followed a girl from Columbus Ohio to Cincinnati. We were living together for a while when be both slowly realized that maybe cohabitation was not for us. So I began looking for rooms to rent.. I wa...

In doing my research it seems that multifamily class C/D tends to have the best cap rate and cash on cash returns any way you look at it. From an investment standpoint it seems like a no brainer.  However a lot of th...

I had a sheriff lockout today on a rental in an average residential neighborhood. I inherited the tenants in a owner carry purchase. They had lived there 12 years prior, but had adversion to paying rent. I have...

So I started out well enough...life was good after I entered investing. I sold a couple properties, cashed out ready to move on up to the next. Don't know how my little world came crumbling down, but it did. I got hit...

Good afternoon BP! So it is a little early to call a success story but I couldn't find a better place to post a "my first flip" forum. After a lot of research my business partner and I purchased a house to flip in the...

Hi BP Friends! 
You have yet to let me down and I am once again, as a beginner, asking for your help! 
I am scheduled to close on a property tomorrow. I contacted the city's electric company to start service and was...