August of 2011 I bought my condo for 175k. We did 5% down and spend quite a bit of money remodeling it to meet our needs. Back that time we couldn't find anything we liked, and this was cheap enough that we could spen...

im attending my first sheriff sale in philadelphia next week. on the website the sales are either mortgage forclosure or a tax lien sale. with the tax sale the owner has a right of redemption. but with a mortgag...

Maybe I'm naive but here's how I think we should have spent the first bundle of bailout money.

1) Take a look at each loan in Foreclosure and see what could be done to get them out of that state. (buy down interest r...

We found a property that is going through the foreclosure process. It is scheduled to go to auction at the county court house in a month. We had our real estate agent look into the property for us and had a title comp...

Hi BP community!  I am new around here and my husband and I are in the due diligence phase of hopefully closing our first deal!  It's two duplexes in a popular area of town that's currently being revitalized.  Current...

Here's a 8 plex I've been looking at in San Jose,Owner is asking 2 Million and has rejected 3 offers 1.7 mil, and 1.8 mil.The property is located right off of the 87 in S. San Jose. It is close to a large new apt or c...

Reading the book Flip they have a rule of thumb chart for quickly estimating the cost per SQFT of rehabbing or remodeling a home.

Here is how they chart it.

Standard finish rehab - $15
Designer finish rehab - $18

S...

That's what this CNNMoney article attempts to help you figure you .... in fact, Trulia is launching a rent vs buy index for 50 major cities. Always a lot of variables to consider so maybe an index could help some inc...

I just bought a property from auction.com. I am set to close in a month.  I have not seen the inside but even if its a meth lab I got a great deal.  However, it is currently occupied.  Does anyone have any ideas on ho...

I have been going back and forth trying to decide where to look for our first deal. Narrowed it down to two areas: one with great schools, a very desirable to live Ellicott City, MD, expensive also; and second - immed...