Ron Brady
Black couple’s home appraises for $500K more when white pal poses as owner
https://nypost.com/2023/03/08/...
Black family sued appraiser in Marin, CA matter. From the article, "The case has now been settled out of court, with appraiser agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum of money to the coup...
Andres Andrade
HOA Short-Term Rentals
Hello all, My wife and I closed on our first property March 2021. We live in the property, but we want to list 2 of our rooms on Airbnb. We have been renovating the extra rooms and getting them ready to list. However,...
J. Martin
1yr QUIT W2 anniversary. Lessons growing startup+ traveling world
It's been 1 year since I quit my W2 job with the help of BP, and couldn't be happier!As BP said, "Life isn't meant to be lived in a cubicle." I started the corporate world at $45k/yr, and left at $70K/yr. You don't ha...
Joey Budka
Where have all the LEADERS gone?
It seems in this day and age, I constantly find myself looking to men of the past for guidance and advice: Warren Buffet, Abraham Lincoln, Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, Thomas Jefferson, just to name a few. I do no...
Kyle Howard
What are the benefits in buying inner city distressed properties?
I’m currently in the Baltimore market and looking for some of the benefits to buying in the hood. There’s a large inventory of properties and higher cap rates plus we’ve seen what happened in philly and I definitely d...
Marko Zlatic
Syndication (Passive Investing) vs. Buy & Hold (Active Investing)
I searched the forums and couldn't really find a thread that covered this topic. I am someone who has a lot of plates spinning in the air between YouTube, Podcasting, and working a full time W2. My time is limited, an...
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Advice on Syracuse RE market
Hi, I've been considering investing in real estate for the past year. Over the past 3 months I've been reading pretty much anything I can get my hands on regarding rei. It seem as if everyone advises to get your first...
David Zheng
Accidental $291k cashout refinance... Biggest BRRRR Deal yet!
Hi BP!Just wanted to share one of the most exciting things that "accidentally" happened to me. Back in Sept, 2016 I was just 9 months into real estate investing and I was browsing Zillow for fun as I usually do. Manag...
Jesse LeBlanc
FRAUDSTER ALERT... watch out for Justin Nguyen in Florida. BE CAREFUL LENDERS!!
FRAUDSTER ALERT... watch out for Justin Nguyen in Florida, stealing lenders $ for his own gambling addiction. BE CAREFUL LENDERS & BROKERS Everyone wants to be an EMD lender or Transactional Lender…but here is a ...
Jim K.
What's it going to take for the next real estate crash to happen?
BP contributors:
I for one believe we're not going to see a real estate crash anytime soon, and I firmly believe in the power of pessimistic thinking. But I'm also not wholly ignorant of all the aspects of this busin...