Ray Reed
inherited 85 year old tenant but rent is way below market
Hello BP,I recently closed on a 5 unit property where all of the units are way below market. With the current rents I am operating at a $200 monthly deficit. All of the residents are on month to month leases and this...
Prashant P.
General Contractor Walk Through Fee
I am looking to buy a house in a new area to fix up and flip.
Before making my bid on the house, I was trying to find a General Contractor to walk through the house with me and give me an estimate for repairs.
I als...
Andrew Semler
What are the five best skills to focus on for a newbie
There is obviously a lot to learn and master in real estate investing. I was wondering from yall's past experience, what would you say the top 5 skills/habits were that made for your greatest advances early on? To say...
Naomi Moore
4 Million -- How to Make Most Money with It?
Imagine you had 4 million to invest, and a credit score of 832.
What would you do with it to make as much money as possible?
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I don't know anything about real estate, but if you can help me with this I might rea...
Diana Pritchard
Educate your Real Estate agent
Hi BP Community,I wanted to share my recent interaction (email exchange) with a real estate agent who was advising me to up my offer price to beat the competition.About 20 days ago, I called an agent about a double (1...
Miki M.
VRBO's dead. AirBNB's not great. How to market a Vacation Rental?
I have been working on setting up a modest vacation rental in the Portland metro area. In the past, friends of mine were raving about VRBO, telling me it really does work- and they had a reasonable fee structure. But ...
Lee Common
Market Vertigo-Long article great read!
Market Vertigo
by Cliff Draughn
"We give you a Republic; now see if you can keep it." -- Ben Franklin
As I have remarked in prior calendar-turning newsletters, it is this time of the year when most people pause ...
Joffrey Long
Hard Money Loans: California Investors?
Here's my "take" on the market - and my question:
Will hard money continue to get cheaper? We see a continual pattern of huge amounts trust deed investment dollars chasing a smaller number of loans.
Rates in the si...
Julian L.
Rehabbing Kitchen Estimate - is this a fair price?
Hello!I'm looking to rehab this kitchen and found a contractor I really liked. This would be a place I will be living in for a while and I want to be sure it's done right, not cheap. Here are some photos, so you have ...
Christian Malesic
Did Obama EARN the Nobel?
I will start with two simple questions:
Are we at war?
Is President Obama the Commander in Chief?