I have very bad design preferences.  I mean, my personal home has rooms that are red, yellow, blue, purple, etc.  And we're not talking pale shades here, I mean primary colors.  As you can imagine, it is probably not ...

I bought an old house “as is” with nasty dog peed on wood floors. Has anyone had any luck salvaging old wood floors that are stained with dog pee and smell like dogs? I’m just trying to do a cheap rehab and want to re...

Hello - is it worth spending money on boardgames within an STR?  Also, what are some other low cost amenities that I can add to my STR that will yield a higher ROI?

Tenant with no SSN or US ID cardI am renting my house in Union city, New Jersey and it’s difficult to find good tenants with credit and SSN. I have a potential tenant who is ready to put down deposit plus one month’s ...

Feds move to streamline aid process for homeowners:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_mortgages

Ooh, let’s see, maybe I can get bailed out:

1. Must be 3 months behind. Nope, never missed a ...

I just posted to another thread in this forum where someone was asking how to make a loan. Details seemed odd to me and decided to bring this area of lending or borrowing up for some discussion.THE REAL SECRETS IN LEN...

Hi everyone, Im under contract for a STR and just got the loan estimate back. It was not what I was expecting. I was expecting to put 20% down and have an interest rate of about ~8%. Due to the appraisal of the house ...

Relatively new BP member who is also a fee based CFP.  I find concentrated positions held in small businesses/RE to be the best wealth generator a person could have.  Feel free to ask me anything about investments, fi...

I was wondering what are great candidates for buying a property subject to. I was thinking the perfect subject-to candidate to buy a house from would be someone with a house in great condition who needs to move, someo...