Hello BP! I am a salon owner and we have been trying to buy a house and tired of dealing with the headache of being self-employed trying to get a loan. We make the money but have to spend a lot of it right back out. ...

Apparently surging violent crime, massive tax hikes and insolvent public pensions are bad for attracting new residents...who knew? On the other hand, 364 days of sunshine per year, minimal crime, brand new infrastru...

I live in a really expensive market, in Santa Barbara, CA. Buying a small 2/1 home starts at around 800k. Taking advantage of California's new ADU law, I decided to buy one of these small homes and permit an ADU. (A v...

I have approx 20k in the stock market and am just starting out in RE investing. Historically, the stock market can give a 7% return per year. I think a cash on cash return of 10-13% is typical for real estate investor...

I'm planning to partner with a friend on two flips in 2014. We will each be contributing equal amounts of money to the projects. Since I only anticipate doing two flips next year I'd prefer to declare the profits...

I am actively looking in my market (North East Pennsylvania) for my first buy and hold property.  To be prepared I formed an LLC to hold the property once I find it.  I am primarily looking at duplex, triplex and qua...

I've been waiting to post this for a while, as the details were a bit fuzzy.  But there's a new sherif in town.  Google the term "Google Vacation Rentals". You will see various properties listed for any area that you ...

Which city/region offers the best chance at rental property cash flow in this country? Anybody have any guesses? 

I'm thinking about using the Direct Mail Strategy to target multi-family properties and owners who might be motivated to sell.  I've heard of using List Source as a tool to collect addresses of properties.  I would lo...

I'm looking at some data to identify the best areas to buy and hold. I'm less familiar with buying in some of these areas - so I thought I'd reach out. These zipcodes offer really high rental yields even accounting fo...