You’ve invested in your first or most recent piece of real estate - congratulations! After the stabilization period that comes with the transfer of ownership of real estate, and starting to execute your business plan,...

It is nice to have the equity from the appreciation we are having but the tax increase is killing my cash flow. I guess when looking at the equity on the back end it is still a win but this is making things a bit tricky

I recently bought my second property since being on BP.  Maybe I should have stuck to simpler routes, but I wanted to do PA Tax Deed sale.  I did my homework, worked the numbers, and won the bid.  After buying a nice ...

I'll be brief to start. I may start a new thread with more details, but hopefully the mods will work with me :) .I'm in commercial and residential REI. Looking to expand my commercial side on this deal.It's a raw land...

Over the past few weeks I have begun to get the sense that the San Francisco Bay Area market may be turning a corner. I have very little data to back up my feeling, and I am certainly not a market timing expert, so I ...

Title catch your attention? Good, because this is the (incorrect) message my mind has been bombarded with for the past couple of weeks. I'll give you a bit of context to work with: I am currently taking the mandatory ...

Small Multifamily (2-4 units) Only Works 1 of 4 Ways Right Now

1. Large down payment sacrificing Cash on cash return. You may be able to break even or cashflow, but you'll be putting 25%+ down and your CoC will b...

I have a tenant who is suing myself and my property manager for claims of negligence and inhabitability. She has played a clever game of never asking us directly for repairs, bringing in code enforcement to cite me an...

I have a tenant who came by way of a temporary housing agency. Their son burned their house and the insurance company moved them into a hotel. The temp housing agency found my rental through Zillow and contacted me. I...

I've had conflicting thoughts about starting this topic, but figured that my real estate life is pretty much an open book anyway, so here goes...

My wife and I are in the process of designing our new house th...