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....

Hello everyone!My name is Hector Toro. I am a husband to a wonderful wife and a father to a beautiful 7 year old girl and 6 year old boy. I have decided to take the journey into real estate investing. The only backgro...

Hi BP People! I’m Robert, but my friends call me something I can’t repeat. For many months I've been reading and gathering information about different topics on BP, but this is my very first post.

I curren...

I don't know if any of you saw the episode last night. The LA based tv show follows a few agents around who deal with million dollar+ listings. Here's the scenario. Two agents co-broker a listing for 5mil. They know ...

I have a duplex, owner occupied. First and foremost, my Tenant is awesome. Pays his rent a day early and is very respectful. His kids live with him (they are 27 and up). They moved in in June and everything has been...

My father recenlty put a 100+ year-old two-unit rental property in a trust which includes my father, me and two siblings. The building is paid-off and in a desirable urban neighborhood, however it is in need of upgrad...

I have a guy in my building that has lived there since 1993. He's on the second floor (8-plex) and in the last year needs to use a walker. They aren't sure what's going on with his legs but they aren't working from th...

Background:
I just turned 40. My net worth is 3.2 million. 1 million liquid cash, the other 2 million is equity in my houses including primary residence and rental properties for a total of 8 properties. Cash flow i...

Greetings. I’ve been following this blog and occasionally posting and decided it was time to introduce myself. I’m a stay at home dad who also builds a half dozen spec houses a year with a partner in Virginia. I ha...

Hello everyone, definitely need some advice and the forums have not let me down so far!
So let me start,
This week is my last week of school and I will be graduating with a master's degree. I am also currently in th...