The role of the Appraiser is an odd one: Way too much art (opinions) and way too little science (data-analytics), with way, way, way too little accountability. While the world embraces tech tools to automate workflow...

I’ve seen a few disturbing posts recently, mostly on social media, but a few here on BP as well, where the posters are reacting almost with glee that we may finally be heading toward a dip in real estate so they can c...

I just finished reading Christine Karpinski's book 'How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner' . The slant of it was that if you manage yourself and use portals like Airbnb, vrbo, etc. you can break even or even get po...

I purchased this 2 bed 2 bath 1349 square foot house in Turlock California about three years ago for 72,000, I put 15,000 into it after I completely gutted it so everything is new inside. I rented it out without even ...

Anyone else getting notified this morning of paused Ashcroft distributions due to refinancing issues? 
We have been working on refinancing the asset in order to access the equity and create liquidity to earnestly res...

Hello everyone,I'm new to the forum and have been doing a lot of research in buying rental properties. I currently live in the Philadelphia, but would like to invest in lower income areas such as Chester, Marcus Hook,...

I thought it would interesting to share some recent experience we have had with some of these instruments. To that extent, an illustration of the pain that can come with working with an instrument that is not the...

I have recently paid off my loans for my rental properties and I'm starting to accumulate cash (I took it out of the S&P 500 ETF when it was at 3300, now at 2300, predicting this massive stock drop would happen **...

It seems like in the last couple of months I have seen a massive increase in posts of newbies who want to start out by wholesaling with low/ no money down and think they'll make a killing.  Oftentimes the questions re...

Hello everyone! I’m looking to venture into real-estate. I currently have no experience at all. I live in NJ and I want to dive right into multi family buildings. Any pointers on how to get started? Should I start sma...