What will be the best way to approach a bank to convince them give you access to some of their forclosure inventory before they are assigned to their agents? I have gone to the bank to talk to the mortgage asset manag...

Investment Info:

Condo buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $80,000

Cash invested: $38,000

condo rental

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?
didn't have to r...

Investment Info:

Condo buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $80,000

Cash invested: $38,000

rental

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?
didn't have to rehab i...

I live in Virginia in the metropolitan DC area.  I have dealt with many real estate agent trying to buy property or involved with friends or family in their purchases.  I noticed that just about every agent has nice l...

Selling houses needs the agent and sellers to have a certain kind of experience. It is a fact that houses cannot always be sold on the spur of the moment. It needs proper planning and there is always a cohesive way to...

Hello BP community. I've purchased a SFH at a trustee sale.
The numbers are all good but I would love some input on how others are selling these for maximum profit. Are you using a realtor, wholesaler, attempting a fs...

I'm nearing the end of real estate school and will be taking my state exam in mid-July. I've been reading @Scott Trench's book, Set for Life, and I'm bought into the concepts. The problem I'm having is... figuring out...

Any tips on interviewing potential cleaners? Do you do background checks, or ask for references? My thoughts were to ask for references, ie other hosts. How about checking their insurance?

Hi BP family, We have a fixer-upper deal in Austin that we are looking at that is FSBO and off-market.  We have a handshake on a purchase price.  It'll be a primary residence and we'll be using a conventional loan.  T...

Just because a tenant pays on time doesn't mean they are "good" renters. This tenant always paid early, communicated well, never had a single lease violation.Our office policy is to inspect at least once a year. One o...