I'm in Southern California where the prices are very high right now, and was thinking of a different strategy to offset the costs and make the math work. I live in a town that has many college students and young profe...

I've been trying to rent the front unit of the duplex I recently purchased and live in for about 10 days now, with no luck. Someone wants to move in, but her boyfriend has an eviction on his record from the last ye...

A lot of topics have been discussed before, so many problems have been solved and I'm trying to read as much as possible to really get up to speed.  There is years and years of knowledge and experience on the blogs, i...

I am in the analysis paralysis stage of learning before starting to invest in real estate.  As I am running these numbers I feel like its a complete guessing game for the Cap Ex, Repair Cost, and Vacancy rate percenta...

Hello people of BP,

I have a 4-plex in Mesa AZ that is two-storied. One of the second floor tenant installed tile floor on her unit - as the result, the floor bowed down due to the weight of the tiles. I trie...

I just put together this spreadsheet for using comps to estimate the value of a potential property.

Have you ever wasted time trying to play around with adjustment amounts to get your comps to all end up around the s...

I am trying to buy a property from a seller who acquired the house through a Tax Deed sale in Georgia. He has already gone through the necessary  foreclosure steps according to his attorney.The seller tells me i will ...

I've had conflicting thoughts about starting this topic, but figured that my real estate life is pretty much an open book anyway, so here goes...

My wife and I are in the process of designing our new house th...

I am consistently baffled by the complexity of the tax code in the U.S.

What percentage of the tax "savings" that you realize each year go to pay for overhead associated with preparing returns, planning, advice, etc...

A couple of years ago I purchased two 'Turn Key' properties from a company called Return on Rentals. I purchased the properties at the Investor Summit in Las Vegas (red flag alert I know). For those of you that are no...