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I live in Tempe (Phoenix) and my primary residence has a pool. I'm looking to move and to convert my current residence to a long-term rental, and I'm trying to figure out how to deal with the pool. I've read various p...
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Evening BP!I am a newbie looking for my first investment in the GA area. The podcast was suggested to me through a colleague that I am taking a class with. Since then, I have listened to almost 2 day for the last 2 we...
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Sell or hold rental property?In 2015, I bought a single family home for $685,000 on a 30 year mortgage. It is in the peninsula of the SF Bay Area. I spent one month remodeling it spending a total of $20,000. I have it...
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My wife and I live
overseas ~40 weeks out of the year. We visit our former home area the other 12
weeks (4 visits x 3 wks/visit) to manage/renovate/grow our 7-property investment portfolio and to tend to personal ma...
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I just got an strange idea. Is it possible to buy notes directly from regional banks? And, do they generally sell notes at a discount? My thought was, wouldn't it be interesting to get a loan from a bank as an inve...
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Hi Everyone!!I'm Laurie and just joined BP to get some information on getting started in real estate investing. I'm still a little bit out in order to get more money to get started, but feel like I should gather as mu...
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I want to request that deficiencies be waived in my contract to purchase. Anyone that is using this in their paper work, how should I state it?
Thanks for any help!
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I live in Portland, Oregon and would like to buy a multi family unit (5+). I have a lot to learn and time is a constraint since I work full time and long hours and have two young kids.I would like to keep my job at le...
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Hey All!I'm currently working as an active Real Estate agent in Residential sales. Real Estate has always been something that has intrigued me, so many things to know, so many things to love and it presents endless po...
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Looks like GM is going to be killing off Pontiac (cnn):
GM to pull the plug on Pontiac
My first car was an '82 Pontiac . . . sad