I've had many beginning investors message me on BP who are in the Bay Area  or met them at local meet ups. The demographics of these investors are typically high income earners, almost 90% working in tech (software en...

Hi all, I recently started an informal real estate group with some old college friends. They are all looking at strategies to use for their first deal and many of us are leaning towards a house hack to reduce the amou...

Hi,I am a newbie to REI. I am interested in Non Performing Notes (NPN). I have looked at FCI, Watermark, Granite and PPR. Nothing impressive to buy at the moment.I am aware that NPN are mostly traded in bulk tapes bet...

http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-h...LA area home prices continue to rise (heck, so does inflation!), and less people are buying them. The above article cites "inventory constraints, credit hurdles and...

@J Scott inspired me with his diary of a new construction project to do one of my own.  So not to be outdone, I'm actually going to do two.  This one will be for a project that we have recently completed.  I'll add ne...

HI BP community you ROCK! Thank you for taking the time to read and even respond:)I'm thinking about paying for some one-on-one coaching with the Michael Blank team.Has anyone specifically used Michael Blank's one-on-...

Been looking at OOS small multifamily properties and I'm curious what the not so obvious differences are. What does one need to know when looking at a 6 unit building as opposed to a 4 unit? What changes when a buildi...

Hi everyone. Hope You're all enjoying your weekend.

I've recently been looking at some Fourplexes here in the San Fernando valley and most of the cap rates are looking pretty low. I've seen 1 or 2 properties that eve...

Hi Everyone: I was thinking to open up a space for an "anything goes" thread, where the topic is real estate development and development deal making. It could be anything: questions, war stories, best deal, worst deal...