I'm very close to having a single family home in Tacoma under contract.  I plan to house hack it by renting out most of the bedrooms.  The home will have communal bathrooms, kitchen, and laundry areas.  I haven't been...

Hello BP nation! My question for BP nation is what is your day job? Although we would love to be, most of us are not yet full time investors.  As I grow older and try to figure out the direction of my career, I love ...

You might have heard this one before... A small town in a beautiful location, with an under priced real estate market, gets swamped by investors who bought up all the property to rent to tourists. Sound familiar? It i...

I need some advice on testing demand in a rental market before I make an investment in rehabilitating my family's rental properties. I have heard people say they placed ads for their potential rental to see how much i...

I'm consider investing in the San Antonio area, and I did a little research there. According to BestPlaces and Niche, 1/3 of the people in San Antonio rent while 2/3 own a house, which suggests there's little rental d...

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I've been purchasing buyer leads for 3 years w/ good success, great ROI. Now thinking about doing same for seller leads. Got a call from Market Leader which strikes me...

So after a very very long four months my first deal is done. It has been a intense learning experience that helped kick start my investing career. A quick break down.Lead generated from: Direct mail. Zip code + 60k eq...

My five partners and I just opened up an LLC in Ohio and are looking for turnkey property managers in the Cleveland / Cuyahoga County area, specifically looking to get into Section 8. This is my partners and I first v...

I'm a gun owner and I own "that" rifle and "those" magazines, but the Sandy Hook incident has changed my mind. It's not just guns, but guns are part of the picture and such needs to be addressed. I had teachers that h...