At the beginning of each year I take the time to research and reflect on various markets throughout the country so as to provide a road map to my acquisition search for the year.  As an active buyer of apartment compl...

Most personal finance pundits will tell you that if a purchase does not produce income and depreciates, it's bad debt. They'll also tell you that you should avoid bad debt wherever possible, buying things like cars up...

Hello all you smart BP people!I have a question for today:   How do YOU view debt?    Here are some sub-questions that you can pick and choose from to add to the conversation:--> What are your personal "rules" abou...

Hello BP! I'm finishing up my 1st investment property and am interested in self managing. What lessons can you share that could help me and other newbies? I've already started a journal with my renovation lessons an...

I have acquired an STR in Orlando, Florida and have a property management company handle the property, listing etc. Spent good amount to make it ready, that too handled by PM company, and after months of waiting to ge...

@SpartanInvestBought our first Turnkey Property in June 2019 (after dinner with @Maureen McCann). The property was being rehabbed until September. Really nice job done at rehab, no complaints there. Buying a turnkey ...

Hello BP Community!A bit about me:

I’m a newbie rental investor.
I’m a resilient military spouse.
I’m a learning mother of two.
I’m a believer in a better world and people’s kindness.
I’m one to pay-it-forwa...

If you read real estate investment books, articles on BP, listen to podcasts or just generally find yourself learning about real estate investment then you will notice a common thing that is almost invariably mentione...

Here are my results after about $67K worth of direct mail cost in 2014.  It would be awesome is we could have everyone who has sent more than, say, 5,000 mail pieces, to post their REAL WORLD results as well.  Collect...