My apologies in advance for being verbose, but the details are necessary. I've been living in my home for 7+ years and I've seen the neighborhood change with some property owners renting out their homes instead of sel...

During the downturn my wife and I bought a few rental houses here in our neighborhood of Queen Creek (Phoenix).  This spring we decided to sell one of them using a 1031 exchange and purchase the some replacement prope...

With Seattle pricing softening a bit, I’m looking at South Park as an investment area. The crime looks pretty high, and multi-family buildings seem to be concentrated in areas, but wondering if anyone investing there ...

This may be a long one so please bear with me I want to give a background to hopefully paint a better picture. I am at a standstill and really hope the BP community can provide some advice. I have two rental propertie...

I am a big fan of Denver as a whole for investing, living, etc. There is one neighborhood that I think has the potential to be a goldmine though.Elyria/Swansea is just north of downtown and other hot areas. Pros:  Clo...

I have a question about investing in Detroit. First, I want to say I am new to investing, and I do not plan on investing in Detroit. I plan on concentrating on my local market. However, with Dan Gilbert making huge in...

I just spent my evening at a local blogging meetup and couldn't help but wonder why more of our members aren't blogging either here or on their own personal blogs off-site.

I can't tell you how important I think a bl...

I’d like to share my strategies here to help others make money and turn the worst war zone, vacant areas into safe spots for families to live.

I’m by no means the only one doing it. It’s just hard to find people t...

Last year I purchased two fourplexes in a low income housing neighborhood in Ft Lauderdale. Three years prior to my purchase I lived no more than 3 blocks from the area I recently purchased in and while I was there I ...

We have a triplex in San Antonio, TX with one problem tenant. She was always late with rent and at some point did not keep up with her payments at all anymore. We offered her $500 cash for keys (that is the amount my ...