Hi All! Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I've recently sold my home-improvement business in SoCal, and plan on moving my family to the Tampa/St. Pete area in the next 2 years to be closer to the in-laws. I've alwa...

I am interested in some feedback on different self directed IRA companies.  The first one I looked into has a $1000 fee for a one time setup.  This may be well worth the money, but I want to make sure I chose a good c...

So maybe I'm overreacting, but I need to know what my fellow BP members have to say. Here's the story.  I'm working on my first flip, I chose to use my friend and contractor of 18 years, to do the rehab. Today as we'r...

Hello all,

I am new to the forum and have learned a ton from all of the great articles and forum discussions. At least I THINK I've learned a lot. Let's see...

To this point I have been concentrating on buy & ...

A four-unit I was interested in has one furnace in the attic.

Anyone know if there is anything bad about a furnace in the attic? Is it something I would want to correct right away? (I would be buying the pro...

Hello BP family!My friends and are thinking of investing in a STR in Palm Springs, bought under an LLC. Our biggest question is how to structure the exit strategy in the operating agreement, and the best way to distri...

Hey BP,I'm considering buying a property to first owner-occupy, and later rent out in the Bay Area. I'm looking to accomplish a few things:1) Take full advantage of Prop 13, by buying a fixer at a low price and lockin...

Hello everyone. Going to get right to the point here...I'm 17 years old, will be a senior in highschool this year, and college is creeping up fast. There's no doubt REI is the path I am taking and several seasoned inv...

Has anyone ever read these books (volume I and II)? In it, the guy talks about his strategy for buying and renting out over 300 single family homes.

For the first property, he started off with around $28,000 or so f...

I'm working two part time jobs (one at a mattress store on the weekends, another for a realtor) plus I'm taking classes this summer in college. I do my best to study real estate in my spare time and my parents tell me...