I have ideas on this fireplace, since I cant demolish it (for now) I think a coat of paint is in order.What do you think?It wraps into the kitchen though, I was thinking of having some shelving placed on this side..

I just put in an offer on a house that I plan to live in and flip over 2 years. However, the house was in the middle of a "rehab" when the owner lost his job...and so parts of the house are torn apart. If I win on thi...

I was told the other day that after doing something for 10,000 hours you are an expert in that field. That had me doing the math. How many hours have I put into my real estate investing career? If a normal person work...

Hello!I'm a 30 year old newbie investor looking to make a go of it as an REI. I'm stuck with a little analysis paralysis and I was hoping to get some feedback through the bigger pockets community.Current situation:-Fu...

I was burnt out. For nearly fifteen years I had worked as a commercial photographer trying to balance art and commerce. I felt like I had failed. The commerce me had killed the creative me. The problem was that fi...

Just needed to blow some steam off in the group.All 7 of my accepted offers have fallen apart at the inspection phase.Each time we find an expensive problem in the inspection and the seller is not willing to make conc...

We are moving out of our home and have renters moving in. This home is large, very well kept, and in a very nice neighborhood. The tenants moving in are wealthy and have expensive taste. (Just to paint the picture for...

So I own a triplex with 2 of the units being managed by a PM and used for Airbnb and myself living in the third and I have 20% equity. In the near future id like to move out and purchase another similar property but I...

I just replied to a thread and it made me wonder. I'm not on BP very often any more, but I still have a vast experienced history. One thing I haven't seen much is a how to or step by step approach to actually building...

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...