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J. Martin 2013 Mistakes/Failures & Lessons Learned - Spill your guts!
5 October 2015 | 49 replies

I love to see the success stories on BP, but it’s also important to learn from mistakes in the past – and better to learn from someone else’s mistake than your own! Without sounding negative, lets spill some of our...

Amie D. Fixing tenant damage
28 July 2019 | 39 replies

I have said to myself that I would not rehab another house, just hire it out. I said I would just work ON the business and no longer in it...
Recently had to evict tenants on a house I was going to put on the market...

Jim Peckey Requesting help with screening our first tenant!
28 May 2020 | 23 replies

Hi BP,

As
rookie landlords, we've recently listed our first unit for rent @ $850 per month - an upper 1bed/1bath apt in a duplex that we owner occupy & currently live in the lower unit. We're hoping to get so...

Joshua Stein What makes a good property manager (PM)? What makes a bad one?
18 August 2022 | 24 replies

I'm one year into having a property manager take over one of our properties, it's mainly great because that income is now (almost) truly passive - probably requires less than 1 hr of time each month.However, my PM see...

Eliot M. Neighbor's house recently boarded up! Messing up my flip!
5 May 2017 | 64 replies

I closed on (bought) a flip a little over a month ago.  At about the same exact time, the house right next door had every one of their windows and doors boarded up with plywood.  As it turns out, the neighbor vacated ...

Eric Carr Bitcoin and Fear Discussion. Fact from Misinformation
2 September 2021 | 45 replies

I don’t expect to change anyone’s mind about Crypto, specifically Bitcoin, nor do I expect this post to be popular or liked by 95% of BP users
I really like the money podcast and I’m listening back and am starting to...

Corey Dutton What Are the Biggest Risks of Trust Deed Investing?
7 August 2012 | 26 replies

A loan made to an individual or a business can be secured by real estate or real property. This is also called real estate lending, or trust deed investing. A trust deed is recorded, putting a lien on the Title to the...

Mark Cruse Current newbie trends on BP!!
16 March 2023 | 32 replies

Maybe it's me but I'm just curious if anyone has noticed that some of the newbies seeking knowledge appear to be less serious than before. When I first started coming here people seemed hungry. They were researched, h...

James Krahula Stock Market While Saving For Down Payment?
3 July 2018 | 78 replies

I am currently saving for my first down payment on a buy and hold real estate property. I'm using Barclays with their really high 1.5% APY savings account. A lot of people will argue that if you are saving for a down ...

Rodrigo Serzedello Anybody there investing in San Diego? Should I go somewhere else?
21 September 2020 | 39 replies

I'm new in the real estate and I have never done it before, but got around 200k to start investing and generating some monthly cashflow. I've been learning that over here (SD) is terrible to get some cashflow but its ...