Bryan Rodriguez
The Newbie Odyssey
BP Nation,As a newbie, this is my first success story. My wife and I started our real estate odyssey in the winter of 2013. Since then it has been an amazing and wild experience. Hopefully, our story can be an inspira...
Tony Marcelle
What is the best way to contact "motivated" sellers?
Which of these works best when contacting motivated sellers of vacant homes or home owners in a crisis situation? Call, text, email, or direct mail? That is if a skip trace has been used to find their FULL contact inf...
Timothy W.
Things I like about Obama
In an effort to be real, honest and fair, I will admit I can think of 3 key things I like about Obama.
1. Credit card reform legislation. This was smart and is, for reasons I don't understand, an underplayed bipart...
Chris Calabrese
HARP Loans on Underwater Investment Properties?
I guess this is old news, but I just saw that they updated the HARP program (HARP 2.0) to include investor loans and eliminate the 125% LTV requirement. Has anyone heard of any successful refi's through this program,...
Ron Boling
?Did I make a mistake by paying off my house?
For the last two year I have been in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor making good money and decided to pay off my house. I paid it off at the end of last year I have been renting it out. I plan to stay here fo...
Account Closed
water bills/ baltimore city
anyone have any experience how making your tenants pay this ridiculously high bill more palatable/ efficient??
Hersh M.
Texas ongoing bad weather
Floods, flash floods and tornado warnings in most parts of Texas seem to be all over the weather news currently. Looks like its all over including Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio. Hopefully things get better from...
Mitchel Durfee
How to get next property
I bought my first house in PA in 2008 for 75k and just refinanced it in October using a VA loan now it's rented for 523 a month and my mortgage is 437 I owe 65k on this property
In May I bought a 4 unit compl...
Steven Ortiz
Fresh off the highway investor in Los Angeles
Hola! I just dropped everything and drove across the US from Northern Virginia to live in LA and pursue a new job opportunity. I am a Government contractor in the IT field and now live in Venice where I am renting a r...
William Clark
Presumptions and assumptions
Grab a cup of coffee.My name is William Clark. I'm a medically retired Marine of 15 1/2 years of honorable and faithful service to my country. I do NOT share that for any pats on the shoulder, but to establish backg...