I recently (late Sept. 2018) purchased a duplex in FL. The property was fairly run down, i.e. overgrown yard, the occupied unit has window coverings consisting of aluminum foil and/or bed sheets/blankets, additionally...

So here is the situation everyone...My wife and I bought a condo back when the market was sky high at 439,000.  It went as low as 300,000.  It's now around 410,000 and we owe 415,000.  Our monthly mortgage is about 19...

Friends, I've been wanting to buy a rental investment in any of the following states: IL, IN, GA, MI but im getting cold feet. Everyone is telling me to wait for a correction.  Your thoughts please

We have a couple of properties in Atlanta, Georgia, in very desirable neighborhoods. My brother and I got really lucky during some tax sales. Property 1 is 14.7 acres but has two easements: a gas utility running on th...

So, here it is, I love SFR, I have A LOT of SFR, over the course of the last two years, have been dipping into the Multi-Family space and now graduating to 100+ units - still buying lots of SFR (I just cannot contain ...

What are peoples take on setting up a corporation or something along those lines for their investments? Up to this point we have done it through our personal accounts. Are there any benefits to setting up a corporatio...

Hey all!First time post but I have been following BP for quite some time. I'm facing this dilemma of whether or not I should hold on to my million dollar, unrealistically tiny town house. Here's the situation:  Situat...

Do real estate investors think they are the only ones that need to be making the good money? I’m talking about from the perspective of a good quality contractor getting turned down to do a job because some shade tree ...

  The way I see it, there are basically two ways to use an IRA to finance investments:1) Have the IRA "buy" the property and ALL income and expenses are paid to/from the IRA. If financing is used in the purchase of t...

Off-the-wall question for all of you who collect your own rents ...Is anyone using the Square point-of-sale device to collect rents via credit or debit card?Just wondering if that would be a viable option.