Hey, I'd like to get both landlords' and renters' thoughts on this. During the application process, I believe it is beneficial for both the landlord and the renter to have the renter be the one that runs his/her own r...

Good Morning BP,As Tax Season approaches, and this being my first full year of real estate investing, I realize that the one task that I personally am absolutely am horrible at and hate doing is bookkeeping.  I have t...

I plan on buying several properties for rent and fix and flip soon. The main thing I am running into is how to structure the company for rentals. I have heard I should put each property in its own LLC and then I have ...

Hello BP community....I recently came across a real estate investment Community opportunity by the name of Renatus. I went to their prospective members presentation and I am very intrigued by it, especially the fact t...

Hi all, Newbie here, so please be gentle. I have to say I'm just shocked at the level of giving back I see around here. It's counterintuitive to think that such an opportunistic field of practice would have such a sup...

I was wondering how you guys feel about short sales. Do you guys think its worth the time to wait for a short sale or do you guys go straight for REOs because they can close quickly and you know what price you're gett...

Hey BP!I was just informed an offer I made on a West Philly home has been accepted and we are starting the closing processes. I will be house hacking a triplex with an FHA loan and inheriting two tenants plus a garage...

I'm looking to take out a loan from my self-directed 401k, but I'm curious as to what interest rate to charge myself. I actually want to charge myself as much interest as possible since I'm not planning on contributin...

How does earnest money deposits works? As I was reading, I saw that when dealing with new buyers many wholesalers had made the buyers pay an earnest money deposit. Is this a recommended practice? Why? How much do I as...

I'm looking at a property in Philadelphia that would need a full gut rehab. I want to BRRR it. Purchase price is 99k, renovation cost is ~100k. ARV maybe 270-280k. My question is regarding the appraisal value. It's lo...