Thomas Seay
San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Correction
So how much longer can this boom continue around here? I live in Palo Alto, where I have my main residence. I own rental properties in San Mateo, Foster City and East Palo Alto. The one in East Palo Alto I only pur...
Jasmine Russell
Rages to riches, or at least fairly wealthy
I'm wondering if anyone would like to share a short cap of their story. Have any of you started Real Estate with no money or very little? Where are you now? What niche did you start in? I don't buy into all the hype v...
Rich Baer
Real Estate Bubble Popping
Be careful out there people. Whether this is day one of the bubble popping or we have a few months left, everyone needs to reevaluate their holdings and future plans. The evidence is everywhere. Housing prices are qui...
Gregory Schwartz
Out of state, sight unseen investing
BP,Kinda freaking out a little, just made my first offer on a property from 700 miles away in a town I've never been to, on a quadplex I have no intention of ever seeing in person. To clarify this would be my first in...
Natalie Allen
Tons of Motivation, not enough $$.... FEELING STUCK HERE, help
OK BP friends, as of now I have gotten my feet wet and am dying to JUMP into the deep end, I've been spending a lot of time 'learning to swim' in this lake of RE but I'm feeling a little stuck. I have done a few whol...
Cheng Bin Zhang
Another Crash 2017?
Hi All,I'm hearing from multiple sources that a potential economic downturn is likely to take place in the next term. Everyone has a theory (China's recession, Brexit, cyclical nature of the market, etc.).I figure th...
John Upperman
A Real Estate Investor is born ($75K Profit on first deal)
Hey BP Community,I became a BP Pro member in December of 2015. After years of talking about investing in Real Estate I decided it was time to take some action. I started using my hour commute to work to listen to th...
Greg R.
Appraisal waivers... what I'm being told by local realtor
I'm in the market to purchase a primary home in the DFW area, specifically around the Murphy/ Wiley area. My realtor and others that I've spoken to are making it seem that it's impossible to win an offer on a home wit...
Corey Westermann
Your thoughts on Rent to Own w/ Home Partners of America (formerly Hyperion)
I have a close friend whose realtor has convinced him to apply for Home Partner of America's rent to own program. I believe this company used to be Hyperion Homes.He asked what I thought - I told him I had no idea. ...
Ben Leybovich
And There's the Truth About Current Market!
This article in the Globe tells the absolute truth about what Account Closed - do we buy into the upswing and thus speculate on the power of the wave (and in the process overpay relative to fundamentals), or do we con...