What is your FI (Financial Independence) number?
How to find your FI number: Determine your annual spending in retirement, yes, you need to have a budget! Multiple the above number by 25. Example, if you require $60,...

So funny story I thought I’d share. I recently put in an offer on a short sale house and when talking to the listing agent he said “man I love these short sales!” So I said oh really why? And he said because he rents ...

Hello BP family,
Thank you for all your inputs that have led me on the path of putting together these blocks towards a building of financial freedom. Here I am once again wanting to fetch from this well of knowledge....

Hello everyone!I'm looking at properties in the Union City area, including Jersey City Heights, West New York, and North Bergen, but focused on Union City mainly for the short commute to the city. I live in NYC and gr...

The #1 Rule Of Successful Flipping! - How To Flip A House From Start To Finish Rule #1: Do NOT Listen To Me. I Survive On Sheer Dumb Luck! What were you thinking!!The End!Did  you really eagerly click on this post to ...

I'm working on a rehab for rental and pulled up the flooring (vinyl floor and carpet) and noted there was a ton of moisture (wet) in the existing wood floor. The house when I bought had been vacant with utilities shu...

Looks like my 1st property will be an FHA owner-occ quadplex.  I've heard time and time again that there's no need to hire out property management for this small multifamily.  What I'm unsure of is how I would handle ...

So I'm in Chicago. Two six flats. 8/12 tenants now not paying rent. I've been talking to other landlords and it's the same story. I have two buddies with 60 units between them. They're are mostly 1 bedrooms. Rent is u...

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My furnace guy called me about this today. I hadn't heard this before. Any furnace installed after May 1, 2013 needs to be at leas...

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So what do you do when they request highest and best to stay in the game on a house?

What are your strategies?

You increase a little (couple grand or 5k or 1k or substantial increase)
Or you don't incre...