Excited to begin my journey.  Just bought, rehabbed and rented my first property.  Found BP afterwards, reading and listening as much as possible.  
When starting out would it be beneficial to become a real estate ag...

Hello all,I have been looking for a RE community ever since joining the industry back in late 2014 and I'm surprised I have just discovered this wonderful site. My journey (keeping it short): I got my CA Salespersons ...

Hi BP Community, I am currently in the process of offloading a property in north Texas. It was one of the misses my brother and I have experienced throughout our investment journey, and it really forced us to eat some...

What are your steps to vetting a new contractor? 

E.g - getting copies of the insurance and license? 

Anything else? 

Hi there,
I found a property in great condition that I'm planning to put an offer on. My plan was to hold it long term and convert a detached garage into living space (1-2 units) to rent out. The issue is that I don'...

Hi all,
I'm a software engineer living in San Diego and I was recently laid off. I've got $150k in cash and trying to find a new job while I continue to pay rent and watch my cash burn.
I've had the real estate itch...

I am curious on how joint ventures work when doing investing with contractors. I have heard to stay away from the idea but however a contractor we have been doing business with keeps asking to do a joint project. In t...

Hello BP,I recently came across some derelict properties in the Delridge neighborhood of Seattle and was able to (with the help of the owner of a nearby shop) track down the owner, who said that they were actually sel...

Hello all, I am currently looking to buy a 2 or 3 flat (duplex/triplex for some of you)Ill try to give the most precise details I can and if someone could give me a ballpark figure I would greatly appreciate it.3 unit...

This is the After:This is when we bought it:This is going to be an in depth write up of the work we completed on my first flip, located in a wealthy suburb of Detroit that will hopefully net us around $150k (eat that ...