Hi all,I bought a 1925 duplex on Metropolitan next to "the green store."  It's in the Adair Park Historic District.  After a car crashed into the front of it, I decided to try to lump all exterior changes I might want...

Hey Everyone,My husband and I are new to real estate investing.  We currenty live in Washington state close to the military base and own our current home.  We are being stationed in Mississippi and are having to make ...

This post looks at a somewhat newer investment philosophy/methodology, one that a lot of investors (and homeowners) are contemplating or embracing as housing prices and scarcity push some buyers out of the higher-pric...

Anyone else in the same boat?  I've been wanting to renovate my home kitchen and bath since I purchased my coop three years ago, but I acquired two multi-families in the fall and have been addicted to making improveme...

In a previous post, I showed a pic of the 1200+ yellow letters I'm mailing out as part of my first virtual wholesaling campaign.I thought it might be interesting for you guys to see the results of my campaign, so I've...

In a recent forum thread, a fairly new member to our community made a post which was intended to attract readers to his own site in hopes of selling his products/services.

It is clear that this person had more than a...

BP Pros,

Question for everyone that has been there, done that... I'm hoping maybe I can learn from your mistakes and/or gains!

We have 100K - 120K equity in our primary residence. Coming up with a down for a multi...

I've found a market that meets my investing appetite and offers the kind of returns I'm looking for. A lot of the properties I'll be looking at are REO's and will almost definitely need some work to get up to code ...

We have a split foyer. No kids yet, just dogs. We only live upstairs and only go to the basement for laundry. Our basement is finished. We would have to take half bath to full bath, section off split level with lo...

For my very first BP question, I'm curious how much money did you have in the bank prior to starting out? Our plan is to buy and hold. Most of the houses around here are 50-100+ years old so maintenance could be a cos...