Hello BP community!  My name is Lawrence Pascua and I'm a new real estate investor from Southern California. I've been working as an IT professional for over 15 years. In late 2015, I happened to find BP as I was sear...

Hi everyone! I recently moved to LA and I am looking for a property under 500k to house hack. I have already read past posts on this topic, but would be great to get refreshed views. What areas you recommend looking i...

Good evening all.  So they say if you listen, people will tell you who they really are.  Well, how about if a prospective tenant shows up wearing sunglasses at night and a cap with a big marijuana leaf printed on the ...

I know it is frowned upon being a part time agent. But I wanted to hear from those out there that are doing this. My main goal would be to be able to get myself into to see listings at a faster rate than going through...

I would love to meet up with some other BP members in the western DFW area (Dallas if a long drive, but might be doable). I know there are a couple RE Clubs, but at $20 a person the wife and I could have a nice dinner...

A seller called me on one of my We Buy Houses signs. Here are the quick details:

Owes $170k (1 mortgage)
Worth $25k-$30k
3 months behind, no NOD yet, $770/mth

Her mom, who co-owned the home with her, passed. She ...

So I am on my live in flip which is going to become my first rental property in a year or so. My windows are pretty shot so I am getting them all new, $8,000 for whole house vinyl or $12,000 for Marvin fiber glass wi...

After listening to a few podcasts, I am posting one of my success stories. This is a deal I did at the end of 2013. This was my first deal in quite a while. I had been holding rentals for several years, and was not ma...

Hello Everyone, So I just paid my house off and am now unconventionally financially independent. I say unconventionally (maybe this is the wrong word for this ..I don't know) because while I am able to net about $13-1...

How much of a discount do you recommend for longer term renters that are good tenants?  Should you keep the rents up to market or nearly so or give your longer term tenants a substantial discount (10% or more).  What ...