I am in the process of loan shopping. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to avoid so many credit inquiries when loan shopping, or just purchasing period? If I'm buying 5-6 houses per year, that could be very ugly o...

After 14 years, my wife just got laid-off indefinitely along with probably 50% of her colleagues. Shes in the aerospace Industry and Boeing was their largest customer by far. 
I'm not predicting gloom and doom for a...

Would one have to evict a seller who won't leave on the day it closes escrow (as the contract states) or is there a simpler legal method? This is question pertains to sellers in a short sale transaction who have no mo...

Regardless of what the talking heads are saying, the U.S. is in a recession.  I haven't seen a May this soft since the financial crisis. The calendars for our properties are filling up decently, but it is taking daily...

I was looking through some local mls data and D.C. proper is down 25% from the peak’s in June (725k vs 545k), Montgomery county is down 17% (620k vs 515k) not a shock to me, but still crazy to actually see in the data.

So, my tenant serve me with paperwork that he wants me take me to small claims court over his $1200 security deposit, after all repairs were made, I gave him back $250, but he wanted pretty much all of it.

Could anyo...

Straight Outta Stockton - Anatomy of another Stockton “Deal”In a previous post I made some bold general statements regarding how hard it is to find an even halfway decent deal on the MLS in Stockton, CA. As a sort of ...

I am on the verge of an offer on a SS property in Northern California.  I think the property is worth $465K, but the listing agent already has an approved short sale from a previous buyer that walked out at $475K.  So...

Hello BP,Although I am an investor, currently the home my wife and I live in is leased to us. As part of the lease agreement, the LL retained one of our three attached garages unavailable to us. It is all open inside,...

There are fewer short sale or foreclosure in the market right now so I am thinking to buy move-in ready investment properties directly with 25% down payment and 30-year fix mortgageIf down payment and fees all togethe...