I'm hoping to field some advice on a land contract situation.  I have a tenant who purchased my property on a seller financed 5 year balloon.  He has 2 years to go, but I just discovered that he hasn't been paying his...

I could really use some advise from the BP Community!  I am having some difficulty with one of my tenants.  Here's the scenario - I have/had my tenant set up on biweekly automatic rent payments through her workplace p...

Hi there, I'm a longtime lurker and investor who has gotten tremendous value from this website, the podcast, and the books. After bailing out of buying two duplexes last week and speaking to several RE veterans, I cam...

Going on 2 1/2 years and land Lord comes up and says he wants us out by the end of the next day. No let me back up a bit my husband met this man will thur a friend and now his boss then and now again. And we was looki...

Hi everybody, I am a contractor and I am very curious what most of you feel about contractors. What do you like about us and what drives you crazy. If in a perfect world what would that contractor be? Reason I am aski...

Alan Donegan of PopUp Business school posed an interesting question in a podcast that lately has stuck with me and it has been to ask the question, "can you get it for free?" Be it a new appliance, video games or even...

Hi Everyone,Just wanted to pop a post out there saying hello. I have been a member (read: lurker & podcast listener) for a year or so. Recently I have taken time from my corporate job to travel South America. My w...

One of my duplexes caught fire today. The resident called and of course was shaken but everyone was ok, thank goodness. I'm starting this post to walk through the entire experience and hopefully some fellow investors ...

Just on news reports. Wikileaks is at war with B of A and going to release thousands of pages of bad info. Wiki is warning customers to move their money.

1. Anyone worried?
2. Could the info cause a run on bank and p...

Holly crap.... the devastation is mind blowing.I was curious if any of the BP REI community is being effected by the disaster.....either personally or your investments in that area...I have a SFR in Kingwood....north ...