What I am about to reveal below is a chapter of my life that, truth be told - I am embarrassed about. However, I have decided to share my story to inspire and teach a lesson to all investors, specially newbie investor...

Are there other options besides taking a loan from my 401k?  I can loan myself a max of $50,000. While that will help, I may need more and I have a pile of cash sitting there that I'd like to diversify away from stock...

Hey everyone. We currently have 3 long term rentals that have done pretty well for us and for our next purchase, I want to dive into a short term vacation rental. This will be located too far away from me for me to ha...

Hi Guys, I have this crazy idea to sell houses without estate agents. There are numerous benefits to this other then the obviously huge financial benefits as an agents commission on average of 5% is not needed to be p...

Hello BP Community,I am new to real estate and this forum. I converted my primary residence to a rental property in October 2017. The house is in Los Angeles and the lease will be due in October 2018. From November 20...

So I'm lying in bed, exhausted. Just when I fall asleep, my cat wakes me up just to be annoying.

But rather than quickly falling back to sleep... I start doing real estate math in my head. And suddenly I'm wi...

Hey everyone! I'm a very new investor who will be closing on his first property on March 26. For the past 6 months I've been really working to get this deal done and can finally see the finish line. However, sometimes...

Hi BP!Happy new year!  I own three investment properties in Indianapolis that are professionally managed.  I was on the phone with my property manager the other day and he said something that caught my attention.  He ...

With the exception of community banks and credit unions, most would agree that banks still aren’t lending. “Hogwash!” some of you bankers who are reading this will probably say.

As a follow up to a post I did nearly...

I just listed an apartment on Friday. It's in a "D" neighborhood. It's my first turnover in over 3 years (39 months) in these buildings (2 side-by-side quads). I  had **13** solid, completed applications (not just vag...