Hey team, so this is a super personal post.  Read at your own risk lol.I grew up in a family that had 2 - 4plexes and 3 triplexes. I grew up collecting rents with my dad, and working on the houses and mowing the lawns...

So as many know the SB1070 was to go into place at 12:01am tonight but the judge just ruled blocking the KEY components of the law.

Law enforcement are not required to make a reasonable attempt to determine immigrat...

Afternoon BP,After news broke of Amazon moving forward on finding a new HQ, I got really excited for the possibility of a new/increased opportunity in a new area. I currently own and rent in Central Florida, but would...

Stupid things Tenant Applicant’s say.

I had renovated a nice 4/3/2 and put it on the market for lease. Here are some of the comments from people who toured the property during the open house or called me from signa...

In 2003 Redfin and other reporting groups announced that the single-person household became the dominant household. This means more people are living alone than at any other time.
Wow!
I remembered when I first le...

Yesterday, there was an interesting Harvard study released. There is a map where you check the housing burden for your specific area and also a panel discussion.http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research/state_nations_housing

Hey BP, Does anyone know where/how to find the long term occupancy average for a certain neighborhood (per the Harvard Study on housing market cycles)? I'm looking specifically for downtown LA. 

From NYTimes:

Middle class renters getting priced out of some markets

Nationally, half of all renters are now spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing, according to a comprehensive ...

From New Harvard Study via ZerohedgeNow, a new tabulation of home-price data by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies provides a granular look at the unevenness of the recovery from county to county....

The other day I was having a discussion with some associates about the upcoming Presidential Election, and one of them brought up the Democratic Candidate Andrew Young and his Universal Basic Income Plan called "The F...