J. Martin
East Bay Meetup - Dec 10 in Oakland?
It’s time to schedule (another) meet up in the East Bay! I recently had the pleasure of meeting quite a few fellow BP investors in San Francisco, and had a great time enjoying some drinks and learning from everyo...
Karen Margrave
Sunriver - Bend - La Pine OREGON - Let's plan a meetup!!
Hi everyone!! For those that don't know who I am, I am Karen Margrave. I've been a moderator on BP for several years, having become obsessed with the site in 2010 or so. I was living in Orange County CA and we were b...
Nicholas Di Giugno
Turnkey Locations Offering Good Appreciation
Hey everyone! I’ll cut right to the chase - I’m an engineer working at Tesla, 24 years old, and super interested in real estate investing (for a couple years now). I want to buy my first rental property, however, my h...
Joe P.
Tenant Screening - What's Your Process?
Hi all - finally hit the ground running and closed on my second (first real investment property) property on Friday, and have been trying to get a tenant into one of the units (other unit is occupied) ASAP.Here is my ...
Nichole Gabriel
Absentee list vs. Probate List - Services?
Hi all, I am looking for updated information on list services. I have been researching the forums and see listsource, realtytrac, foreclosures.com, Melissadata, etc. My questions are:
1. Do you all obtain leads fo...
Sid Franklin
Chicago/Illinois Property Tax Hikes Making Me Jittery About Investing
Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy). Property taxes are already high, but ...
Mike Savage
too much equity in rentals??
So i've been traveling a lot and thinking about significant equity in our properties while on the road. Since the Portland market has been on fire and we've owned 4 properties for 10 plus years we have some very nice...
Deren Huang
20 Million in Real Estate. What would you do?
I got featured in a recent blog post of Joe Fairless!I mentioned that if I received 20 million in real estate, I would go for NNN lease properties.What would you do if you received 20 million in real estate?Is that tr...
Eric Jones
Tenant Frequently Late But Pays Late Fees - What to Do?
I've had a tenant now for about 4 years and they are all around good tenants and good people. They have really made the house their home and will likely stay for years to come... The issue is they are late on rent... ...
Account Closed
Hi I'm Andrew, a kid that's building a shipping container complex
My name is Andrew VanCura. I am a recent college graduate from Illinois. I am 22 years old and ready to create the vision that I have dreamed about for years; a shipping container apartment building. I have done years...