Hi everyone! My name is Aaron Yates. I just found this site a couple days ago but have been glued to it for 3 days now. I love it. I needed this years ago so my venture could have been a lot easier for me to get where...

hello all,I'm from southeast iowa and I was hoping to run some numbers in front of all the investors on BP!I'll get right to it. The house I am looking at buying is a 1200 sq ft house with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and...

Hi all, have a situation here where the contractor that did the work on my property is now threatening to file a lien and also call the city for multiple code violations because I am not agreeing to pay the full amoun...

A new colleague of mine here on BP has asked me some questions via PM and I thought it was best to present his questions and my answers in the public forum for all to benefit from. This will also give him and others t...

Economic Update
(Monday, May 10, 2021)
Are you making love less? I thought so. Apparently you’re not alone. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by ...

Five years ago I began my journey as a real estate investor.  Since then I have also branched out into other assets such as angel investing, note investing, and fund investing.  In comparing common "real estate dogma"...

Hi all, was wondering if anyone can chime in on some thoughts I have on a nicely rehabbed turnkey opportunity I am considering.

Great suburb neighborhood, strong rental demand, low crime.

Purchase Price: $90k (recen...

I was burnt out. For nearly fifteen years I had worked as a commercial photographer trying to balance art and commerce. I felt like I had failed. The commerce me had killed the creative me. The problem was that fi...

Got hot today.  Called it a day.  All the grass mowed.  Weeds sprayed.  Think we are past the big springtime push.Was starting to look at taxes for this year. Looking back at 2022, one of our largest line items was ma...

Warren Buffett when asked about his time horizon for investments. He answered with "Our favorite stock holding period is forever.” That got me wondering about real estate as I know folks in the boomer generation that ...