Hello all, I am interested in buy and hold strategies however I have zero experience in buying any type property. I am interested in getting my feet wet and I am trying to decided which course of action would make the...

There are many schools of thought out there regarding asset allocation... There are hardcore Real Estate Investors that will only invest in Real Estate and hold cash reserves, and there is a substantial part of the FI...

When I was a kid, I would look at the cars as they would drive down the road.  All of the cool cars I would either think to myself or ever say aloud to myself, "That's my car."  And when I was asked how much money I w...

I'm a newbie investor, with one SFH that I'm currently in the process of renting out. I've seen on BP and in a couple of books that some experts present themselves to tenants as the property manager, not the landlord....

Hello,I am in dilemma about my investment house whether I should keep it or sell it.I bought a house in Austin area in 2007 for $310k which includes down payment, closing cost. Lived in that house till end of 2008 the...

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Yep, this is what I did today. Had a water leak coming in on top of the window, where a shingle was broke. So rather than spend 2 hours repairing it in the rain, I just...

In addition to the REIAs and REIC meets we should all be going to, I was thinking of setting up a meet up for just us SoFlo Newbies. It's a good chance to meet more fellow BPers over some brews. We can share our newby...