15% decline in cooper & lumber, key components of housing

June housing starts dropped 9.9% in June

Housing permits dropped 7.5%

25% of the housing buyers are investors/institutions

Job creation is flat

Mortga...

Hello BP community, I am curious. Looking back, if you could comprise a list of absolutely essential elements to have before beginning to invest, what would it include? We all know that any new investor can start divi...

Anybody ever lent a small chunk of money (~10k) to a HML Lender who in return will combine smaller loans and lend as a HM loan in 1st position.
What are the drawbacks? I can imagine that there is little to no protecti...

While multifamily homes are plentiful in RI's cities, a job opportunity I am considering would require that I live in a fairly rural area where there are almost none. I believe in the power of house hacking and want t...

I have been lurking on the boards for a while and mostly see new Greenville investor introductions followed by everyone saying 'Hi'.  Let's move the discussion along, let's talk specifics, let's talk the outskirts of ...

Hi,I own a rental house that has two separated units in California. One unit in front and one unit in the back. They all are separated. The unit in the back is an in-law unit. Right now they share a same electricity m...

Looking for contract negotiator for my short sales. I am trying to see if it would make good business sense to farm out the negotiation segment of my business and consentrate mainly on marketing and aquisition.

Good evening BPers,Help/ Advise needed :) Today we have run across a fire/ smoke damaged property, it’s off market, the owner has got paid by insurance company, he is asking ~195K, the ARV ~400K. it’s a very nice 2 ...

Do you buy your supplies for the contractor?Flooring?Appliances?Vanities?etc.....It seems if you are buying the supplies-  you could get 6 month no interest financing -  you could get the cash back if using your credi...

Hello BP Community!As always I have been soaking up the podcast from BP every chance I get and an interesting question always comes up. It's an easy question but also missed by people starting out. That question is Wh...