Hi,First time potential investor here.  Wanted to get some feedback on the following scenarios.  I live in the SF Bay Area (Castro Valley) and deciding which is a better option.  Have kids and don't plan on moving any...

I just had a Phoenix tenant report that she has bed bugs. She said she has thrown 3 beds away trying to get rid of them. I suggested that they probably followed her from the apartment complex that she came from and na...

I live in MN and im trying to purchase my first SFR as a rental property. However I look at it I need to pay 15% down or live in it for a year first. Is there a way to secure a loan that would require 10% or less as a...

Anybody have advice on buy and holds in lower income areas? I've listened to the podcasts concerning it but want to hear other people's stories. The town I live in is a small community (<5000 people) and the majori...

Is there a difference between Delinquent taxes and Tax Liens?

I was wondering where I could pick up a list in my county for parcels that are delinquent (owe back taxes), but the property yet has gone through ...

Should I open an LLC per property? Why?

This is my first post to the BP community (after listening to about 50% of the podcasts).Quick background: I'm in Yakima, WA. In 2006 I flipped two properties (for a profit!) and in 2007 I bought a duplex as a buy-and...

Hello BP, first post here. I am new to house flipping and have been doing tons and tons of research and I have a house I am trying to close In on. The house I am looking at is a hoarder house of a deceased lady being ...

Last September, one of the original institutional investors in the housing-to-rent strategy, multi-billion hedge fund Och-Ziff called it quits on the landlord business. The reason: "the New York-based hedge fund is lo...