Randy F.
Do It Yourself Donts
Being that there are many more wrong ways to accomplish a given task than there are right ways I thought a thread covering some of the "donts" might be useful for those just getting their feet wet in repairs and renov...
Bryan H.
Why do contractors only send the estimate 10%-25% of the time?
BP Community,I live in the Denver Metro city of Centennial, Colorado. It boggles my mind how many contractors come to do a site walkthrough, promise to provide an estimate within a few business days, and never send i...
Taft Love
Unsecured line of credit - follow up
A week or so ago, I posted about my financial situation and asked a slew of questions. I thought it might make sense to follow up after visiting the bank.In the last post, I mentioned that Episode 239 gave me the idea...
John Thedford
25K Note For Sale: What Would A Typical Offer Be
Hello all:
I have a man holding a note he wishes to sell. It has a face value of 25K at 6% for five years. The payments are about $480 per month and they have made six payments. Note holder wants 21K for the note...
Alex Simon
Hell on Earth: Flipping in a Historical District
Hell on EarthA Story About the World’s Worst Real Estate Flip.As I sit down at my desk to write this story, I actually don’t know the outcome of this home flip. What I do know, is that whether I lost money, broke eve...
J Scott
Nationalized Single-Payer Health Systems
First, this thread is NOT about the current legislation to create a national healthcare program. There are plenty of threads on here arguing the benefits and drawbacks of that specific bill, and I don't want this to ...
Jennifer Silletto
Are 2nd liens and other junior liens wiped out in an HOA foreclosure?
Hi,I wanted to confirm if a 2nd lien or any other junior liens are wiped out after an HOA foreclosures?
Bobby Gerry
Replace those compression valves with 1/4 turn angle valves!
Pretty much any house you walk into in America has compression shutoff valves at the water line hookups under every sink and behind every toilet in the house. These compression valves where never designed to last. The...
Nathan Gesner
When is it OK to talk about money?
In 2005 my oldest brother asked me how my house sale was going. I mentioned it went under contract in three days and we were making $125,000 profit. I was in the military and would be considered lower middle-income at...
Joseph Lucas Jr
Series LLC.. Can I move it?
Good morning BP nation,I have just become aware of the Series LLC, which appears to afford much better asset protection than a standard LLC due to the ability to essentially nest entities within each other. Based off ...