Hi there,Asking such a big question: I'm trying to get my first deal done, and still trying to narrow down which city/area I should be looking at.I'm a first time investor, I live in San Jose, CA, but I'm inclined to ...

There is obviously a lot to learn and master in real estate investing. I was wondering from yall's past experience, what would you say the top 5 skills/habits were that made for your greatest advances early on? To say...

With everything going on are you happy or have you ever been happy while being a landlord? 

I keep reading people here saying  "Your rental properties are a business" as a precursor to  some inflexible dogma about sticking to the letter of agreements and pursuance of remedies for breaches. Let me point out ...

Hi, first time posting here. A little story about me is, I am unmarried, and late 20s. I was fortunate to make about $750k this year and next year the expected salary is $900k. I have a 1.2M house with 25%-ish equity,...

Hi BP members!This is just my second post and it feels great to have received such good feedback and support.Since I don't usually carry around $100K in cash, my southern California backyard market can seem a little i...

One funny thing about people is that while we are almost always well intentioned, we seem to do a lot of things that are just plain crazy. I, for example, still prefer to eat my oranges by dissecting each into their i...

I want to write the title in quotes because it's not like I had much of a strategy to start with.  I bought a duplex and a turn-key SFH at a normal price for houses in the area.  Both were conventional loans with 25% ...

Hi! I was wondering how people go about buying out of state without knowing too much about the area? I am currently in AZ and want to buy in Texas, I know very minimal about the state, I know I would like to buy aroun...