After the interesting discussions going on here at BP, thought I would share a parallel discussion which is ongoing amongst my circle of friends:

During the housing bubble, we were watching. We have some knowledge of...

I’m not just a REALTOR®, I’m a gardener and an avid cook, so this news isn’t resonating with me, as I prefer gas to electric cook tops. How about you? Which do you prefer? Thank goodness it will only apply to new buil...

Hi BP community, I am in the midst of buying a 3 family property, the list price is $440.  My initial offer on the house was at $420k, which was beat by an above list offer.  Lucky for me, the offer from the other par...

I am 22 years old college student with a 90k salary with almost zero debt and a free college education.
My wife and I max out our IRA contributions monthly, and we're considering real estate investing in order ...

I bought a 4-plex about two months ago and one of the tenants just left.  The tenant had been living there for 9 years, so there is a significant amount of fixing up to do.  It's only a 2 bed, 1 bath.  I've been quote...

Just closed on my first full deal. I have another rental prop on my own land (I unknowingly house hacked  by turning a second building on my property into a rental which generates $950/month CF). I have done a flip wi...

Hello everyone,We own a SFH rental that has been leased since March of this year. I handed keys over to property management at the end of last year and they got to work advertising, got a tenant in there, everything w...

Hello all, I have been renting my first property for about 5 months now to a section 8 tenant.

This property was my personal home for about 5 years and I decided to rent out and test the landlord setting out.

The h...

I was at Costco today and saw that they sell tubs of emergency food. They have a tub that claims it will feed four people for 72 hours for $57.99 and will last 20 years. The other one claims it will feed one person fo...