What tips/suggestions do you guys have for getting approved for a loan with most of my income coming from commissions on a job I’ve had just over a year?My situation: between my wife and I our income is about $4200 a ...

Hey everybody,This is my first  post and I am excited to learn from all of you.After all my research I'm quite confident that I would eventually like to get into the buy-and-hold or lease swap strategy.  I have a stab...

I had put an ad to rent a basement apartment in my 2 family rental and had a lot of response . One email I received was supposedly from one Vincent Prasad, an Indian from Hyderabad , working in Canada now. He was movi...

Looking at a quadplex. List price is $365k. Comps support $290k. BUT, I'm looking to ask for seller financing. How do I go about offering near the comps without insulting the owner so I can still negotiate financing?

The fed keeps cutting rates in an attempt to keep the economy from going into recession. It's inevitable, at some point we ARE going to have a recession. What weapons do they have to boost the economy if the rates hav...

Hello BP,I purchased a house to initially flip and my contractor in the middle of the flip kept asking for more money and more money. Eventually, I had to fire him unfortunately the cost has already surpassed my initi...

I have purchased a few properties at the St Louis City Tax Auction.  I have noticed that in certain areas the bidding tends to get very high.  Has anyone ever tried reaching out to homeowners for a cash offer and payi...

I'm really drawn towards buying a vacation rental property in Carolina Beach , North Carolina. Looking for help and advice from other investors in that area. Is this area a good market place? Do you self manage the pr...

Hello! I am investigating alternatives to online rent collection as I'm experiencing some glitches with Zillow Rental Manager. Do people have websites / apps they particularly like using? Thanks!

Just saw a thread about door hangers and thought we might try this, it might be a good thread for the archives here on BP.

Doesn't matter if you are new to investing or an oldie, what is your most successful method t...