While the nation struggles through a housing crunch, there are many markets that continue to do well, despite the rest of the country. I thought it would be interesting to see how some local markets are performing.

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Hi all - I'm curious what everyone would do in my position. Happy to hear all opinions, and thanks in advance. My wife and I are hoping to build a portfolio for long term buy and hold. We have two properties right now...

How do you measure your investment results?  Do you measure them against other investors?  Or do you use an absolute number for yourself e.g. % return?So far investors I have talked to do not care what other people ar...

Recently I attended an event (only two of us showed up) in my local area. The format was pretty typical with the presenter showing success stories of people who worked their program. At the end he broke down the cost ...

I think this is worse than smoking. Prejudice?

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I am in San Diego and currently in a refi with the home I live in that will include paying off one of my rental properties. It would probably appraise at $240k to $250k and I am currently renting it out at $150...

I recently acquired a building and there is one unit which is disgusting, smelly, and dirty. There have been multiple complaints of the smell by the other tenants. The smell equals that of underwear that has been worn...

I am from Southern California and this is absolutely the hottest market i've seen in a long time..  The problem is.. its sooo expensive!! I don't think spending 500k+ getting a duplex only to cash flow a couple of hun...

Hello there,I am thinking of buying my first rental in Florida (either Orlando or Tampa), however I was warned by a friend who bought a few months ago and had to spend 3000$ on landlord insurance. He said that there a...

Hi all, first-time [future] house hacker.  My wife and I are moving back to Philly and have found a duplex we're interested in, both units being 2 bed/1 bath at roughly 750 SF.I used the BP Rental Property Calculator,...