I'm getting ready to purchase my second SFH rental in a booming Texas town full of new industry. This property is on the same street as my other SFH. Looking at the numbers, here's why I disregarded the 1% rule when m...

Just wondering, does anyone on BP make money from RE, but actually acknowledge the simple points outlined in this site:https://www.caare.org/The site clearly and concisely absolutely exposes all of the worst things ab...

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I'm a new member here and have been doing a lot of reading and trying to use the search function as much as possible before asking questions. But now I have one for everybody and I would greatly appr...

I have always had carpet in my rentals but I’ve been hearing more praise for putting in hard floors for less expense during rental turnover. When I called in a couple of flooring guys for estimates, one recommended vi...

For those contemplating alternate investments, I highly recommend considering hard money lending. I started in 2012 with little knowledge or information. At that time we didn't have Dodd-Frank to be concerned with. Fo...

I'm located in a rural area of north San Diego County in a town called Fallbrook. My wife of 2.5 years and I were blessed to be able to purchase our 1bd 1bth 729 sqft condo back in 2020 for $220k. The market now has a...

Imagine you had 4 million to invest, and a credit score of 832.
What would you do with it to make as much money as possible?
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I don't know anything about real estate, but if you can help me with this I might rea...

I've been a landlord for a little over 2 years now.  Had to charge my first late fee today.  I want to make sure I got it right, since the lease agreement I used for this tenant was a standard form and it's not exactl...

Hello all! My wife and I are new to the Real Estate Investing world, and are excited about what could be! End goal for us is to be able to retire and drink mai tai's on the beach without a care in the world. Between n...

Hello and thank you for checking out my discussion.  Well, I am having my first taste of the Landlord Blues.  I bought a 2-1 condo around Christmas time and bought it with owner financing.  But since I have bought the...