In my area food carts have become a big deal. People are enjoying great food at a very resonable price and these little businesses are sprouting up all over.

Just for fun we started talking with the owner of one and ...

Hi, I wanted to hear what other people are doing to keep their tenants happy and renewing their leases.  I don't have any rental properties yet but I'm always interested in hearing what can be done to increase the tim...

So I've done a few flips using hard money and I'm running into the issue of them sending out their inspector to verify work, however between the time that I sent the lender the SOW (while in escrow) and the time we ac...

We currently own three investment properties (SFR) and looking to expand that by at least 4 this year.  We have always held it to be a good business practice to not raise rent on current tenants when the renew their l...

San Diego CA 
My father passed away a couple of years back and we recently finished distributing his estate. My father left me a $300k condo that I am in the process of selling this spring. 
I don’t know what would ...

I thought I would post the link to my most recent blog article here. It includes a VERY brief (and entirely incomplete) description of what it takes to be successful in real estate. It also links to a case study deta...

Hello BP!!! Well after many, many months of reading and educating myself from the wealth of knowledge here my wife and I have purchased our first investment property! Ruby Door Properties, a brief history: I like many...

I'm new to BP and to REI, but I'm ready to make my first purchase. As I've been hunting for the right duplex-fourplex, I've gotten as far as applying for a deal I'd found, only to find out my credit wasn't sufficient....

ok now that paulson changed his mind and will now be injecting capital into the banks rather than directly buying the troubled assets, im thinking this is great news for RE investors right? i feel the bailout was a jo...