I wanted to find out if any of my fellow BPers have a framing contractor referral? Looking only for trades that put their hands on the tools. Self-performing contractors.

Hi all, I'm quite new to investing and am jumping in feet first with a full time job and part time student. I've looked to Turnkey in the Midwest to get my first deal, but now am looking closer to home as that seems t...

Hello All,
My wife and I are in escrow on our first home. We plan to live in and remodel over the next two years and sell in 2015 (or rent it, depending on the market). I'm not sure if it's standard practice to inclu...

We have about 1,000 square feet of carpeted floor that we'd like to convert to tile.   I'm wondering if it's worth the crazy labor cost to pay someone to do the work, or if it's a project I could do myself.   From wha...

2020 will forever be marked as a “watershed” moment for many millennials. From the rise in e-commerce to work from home, the pandemic accelerated our lives by decades. Millennials, which constitute the largest segmen...

Hi BP,
My wife and I are looking to start investing in real estate.  She is a corporate lawyer and I am a physician and we realize that we want to be in charge of our own income stream and not at the whim of those ab...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $62,500

Sale price: $51,000

This is one of the few real estate deals I lost money on in 12 years. I was SO p...

Hey everyone!I currently have my general contractors license and looking for a property. I have always had the question of whether to do the work on my own or to hire it out. I know it will take longer to finish the p...

Hi everyone,

I just finished my first flip in Indianapolis, and I see a lot of folks are looking for an honest GC that operates with a lot of integrity. I worked with a man named Grady Selvaag of Creative Restoration...

Should a landlord do repairs and maintenance himself (or herself)? I have read opinions, and spoken to landlords whom feel strongly either way. Some say, "you must do repairs yourself and save money". The opponents s...