Been licensed since March 2011, been reading book after book on real estate investing & gone to 3 different seminars (including the REI Summit in Orlando 3/09). I'm trying to get my start in the area of Real Esta...

Colorado Springs is a good example of a secondary city that is currently inundated with construction cranes, university and college growth (UCCS is expanding fast) and a lot of out of state money (Colorado College par...

I have landed a job along Lake St. Clair and am considering moving to the area. My commute is pretty ridiculous right now. However, I know I don't want it to be permanent. I am torn between buying a place or just rent...

Greetings!  (First post on a BP Forum!)I have a portfolio of properties (more than 20 units) that are being handled by a single property manager.  I get the owner's statement every month (from Buildium) that shows ren...

Hi everyone,Anyone have experience with buying a duplex as your primary residence but not actually living there and renting it out? Contrary to living in one side and renting out the other? Legality of it, tax implica...

All, I am leaning more towards selling my Duplex.  Here are my numbers:After all the expenses, my take home is around $1600/mth.  The property appreciation is around 4% / year.  This is low as compared to SFH.  Not to...

My tenants moved into my SFR built in 1923 in Pasadena, CA on January 1. In the lease it states they accept the property “as-is”, but so far in the first 10 days they’ve made complaints about:-Hot Water taking too lon...

Hi,I live in Texas and it gets HOT here... I have yearly maintenance done on all A/C units to ensure they are working properly.  When an A/C unit stops working tenants will make this an urgent emergency.  My A/C guy i...

I'm an out of state investor looking at an 11 unit complex. The numbers look good and from the few pictures the realtor gave look decent.

My question is should I put a contract for the property and inspect it myself...