Bakersfield is known for being one of the cheaper mid-sized cities to buy in, in California. However, prices continue to rise, even as the lack of water is causing surrounding farmland to be fallowed, and the price o...
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If you didn't catch the "Seeing Greene" episode recently, an excellent question was presented that I thought would be worth discussing. Every area you invest in has risks of natural disasters of all kinds, but these d...
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Anybody travel hacking while running rentals or a flip/live-in flip business? We tried it for three months, did not go well.
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Hi everyone,One of my goals in real estate is to not only house hack in the US, but house hack in Europe as well. I am in college right now and am hoping to get a remote job in the future where I can make this possibl...
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Hello BP Community, I've read enough great opinions on REI strategies here in the Texas forum to fill the Library of Congress. Y'all are truly the best.This is a "Put Yourself in my Shoes" post... Imagine you're new t...
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Hi everyone, I live in Texas and a newbie of sorts. I’m looking at buying one or two turnkey rental income investment homes in the Memphis TN area located in zip code 38127. Doing my own due diligence it appears tha...
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I see a bunch of incredibly cheap properties (under $10k for SFH) in Detroit. They are currently rented for about $600/mo and appear fairly close to downtown. I know that people were fleeing the city before, but wit...
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Hello BP!
Just a quick poll - How many of you out there are planning on attending?
If you haven't bought your tickets, i'd be curious to know what would you say is holding you back?
Look forward to seeing your r...
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Hey everyone,I thought this was an interesting picture that supposedly shows the top cities that will have the most rent growth this year. Not surprised to see Indianapolis in the top 5. Indy has seen very steady rent...
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I currently reside in CA and am looking to start doing out-of-state investing with a turnkey provider. Given free cash my plan is to start out modest (SFRs in the 100k or so range). I also have a more than full-time j...