One of my friend who is a dual citizen of U.S & Canada recently asked me this interesting question. He is currently in Ontario, Canada. But since he has dual citizenship, he was confused should he move to U.S for ...

Private Money / Hard Money is definitely better than conventional because of speed and ease of obtaining the credit. Sure it might cost you some money, but there is a cost of doing business with any business. Usually ...

A friend and small multi-family client of mine has start-up they've been pitching to angels and VC's, and I wanted to run it by the BP community of big MF investors and property managers. It's an inexpensive, golf-bal...

We are going to hire a contractor to replace the wore vinyl siding and gutters on our 3 story 2 flat and detached garage.  We have gotten down to either vinyl siding or cement fiber.  First quote came back at $18k for...

I bought a primary residence (new build) in 2020 for $255k with $50k down. My residence is now worth about $470k, but I have very little cash in the bank. I figure there has to be a reliable way to use all this equity...

Since Karen and Jon are showing off their wares I figured I would post our new project on Crest. When we get the decks done I'll post some more pictures of the view, which is probably the best in east Austin right...

I just wanted to post a few pictures of a property we just purchased with a tenant in the property. This tenant had been living here for 15 years and just moved yesterday (day before sheriff eviction). We did the set ...

We have had our first rental property for 6 months now.  We paid cash and we're ready to get a mortgage on the place.  We want a 30 year fixed - and we are not interested in a 5/1 ARM which everyone seems to try to se...

I’ve been doing a lot of research about the multIfamily market in my local area (Fort Worth, Texas). After listening to the BP podcast with Michael Becker, I realized I needed a better understanding of while the marke...

Why does there seem to be such a big difference between what rehabs cost investors & what they cost homeowners? (For example, many investors talk of doing rehab on a 50k budget--but then on the same project, many ...