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I stopped playing the lottery a long time ago. Even then I only played the large jackpots. I'm finding myself tempted again. There are two huge jackpots right now totaling 2.6 billion dollars combined. If I won eith...
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I have been speaking with short-term furnished rental owners who rent to workers or other travelers, and operate near national parks like Yosemite, in urban areas like Oakland and San Francisco, the desert and coastal...
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I am currently under contract for an SFR in Texas. The house was recently remodelled but after the inspection, there were some issues found. Although the cosmetic finishes look quite good, there are some fundamental...
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This was a convo my family had around the dinner table last night as some are leasing and some are buying their car. I was wondering what the BP community thought about leasing a car. Lets make the assumption that you...
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Hi BP!Just wanted to share one of the most exciting things that "accidentally" happened to me. Back in Sept, 2016 I was just 9 months into real estate investing and I was browsing Zillow for fun as I usually do. Manag...
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A tenant was $100 short on the rent and paid me yesterday, the 6th, with the $25 late fee.
I'm thinking, one day, you couldn't borrow $100 for one day from someone to avoid paying an extra $25?
Let's see, $25 inter...
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I need a radio show. I'm getting too good at this.
The day before yesterday I was attacked for making the assertion that the many of the roots of modern liberalism (in both parties - liberalism is not just about Dem...
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Dear Fellow BPers in and around Tokyo Japan.I would like to get a small informal get-together going on a regular basis somewhere in Tokyo. Open to anyone willing to make the trip of course, but likely folks from the K...
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Hi All,Wondering if anyone has left a welcome present for new tenants moving in? If so what? Dan
I know many of you may have seen the topic and thought about your first fix and flip. I actually would like to get some of your opinion's on rehabbing my first home to live in. Let me explain. My wife and I are gettin...