After the interesting discussions going on here at BP, thought I would share a parallel discussion which is ongoing amongst my circle of friends:

During the housing bubble, we were watching. We have some knowledge of...

I would love to hear from the BP community what they believe are best practices of being a landlord? We are in the process of updating our documentation and procedures, and I want to make sure we are not missing anyth...

I have been listening to the podcasts with regularity - they are great for a person on the go! One area that interests me is the idea of more cash flow by bringing in other sources of income.I'm wondering about the us...

I'm a physician with a fairly high W2 income (and thus high tax liability). I've wanted to get into real estate for a while as a means of diversifying my assets and reducing some of my tax liability. I'm facing a $280...

Hi everyone!
I looked at a 20 unit apartment building. Currently it is 100% vacant. The area is developing and I am assuming in a couple years the area will go up in value. The city is building a huge park, stadium an...

Hello, all.

The house is listed at 2,175, but I want to ask the landlord for a monthly rent of 1,975, in exchange for a 2 year lease with a buy-out option. Is this too much to ask?

I have an excellent cr...

We have two 4/2.5 SFRs in Murrieta, CA that were built in 1988. They have never been updated so they still have those ugly oak cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms as well as the old fixtures and plastic shower/tubs ...

I always rekey all the doors in my rentals when I flip the units for a new tenant as I always worry about the liability of keys floating around. What is your practice ? What would be a landlords liability if a key fro...

Just happened to watch Dateline Sunday night and they did a great piece on Detroit. A recap Detroit economy is going through some of its toughest times. There are rows of vacant, damaged houses with nearly vacant ne...

The owner wanted to do a seller carry for 200k with a 8.5% interest rate and Sale it for 300k.

After a month of the seller bluffing about all the buyers they had we finally got it done. Here are the details of final ...