I bought this home from an HOA foreclosure auction. The house is worth $650,000 (conservatively). The previous homeowner took out a mortgage for $275,000. Since I bought it from an HOA foreclosure auction, I know the ...

Hi BP,I just bought my first rental property (Duplex in a C+ area). $82k purchase price.I'm going to be painting this Saturday and found Brandon's article about using Walmart's cheap paint; Color Place Country White. ...

I am looking for a little advice regarding a tax sale property in Missouri.  I realize any advice given is not to be considered legal advice.  I have this in front of my attorney for review, but I am looking for some ...

I'm shopping for cabinets & vanities for 4 kitchens and 4 baths at the same time. I (currently) really love the look of the painted and frameless cabinets right now but I'm fearful that they will:Become dated soon...

I have a question for the seasoned landlords...How do you handle it if a tenant calls you about an issue that they feel is an emergency (which may or may not be an actual emergency) and you are not able to go over the...

I am curious to know from the BP members at what level of leverage on your real estate investments do you feel that you can sleep at night peacefully?

One of the REI books I've read said that even if you have a morta...

Hello, this is my first post here.

There is a foreclosure auction on a 850 square foot house that's appraised at $330k.  The land that the house sits on is 50ft by 300ft. The house on one side is nearly 500k and t...

I'm VERY new to this, so I have to be overlooking something.  In Illinois they do a bid down auction on the penalty interest.  And after some research, I found the majority of the winning bids on the liens go for betw...

I've seen some threads about paying down student loans vs. investing in real estate. Usually great material; par for the course here. However, I haven't come across one discussing my situation. So I thought I'd start ...

Hello, recently I lived in a Townhome, and due to financial reasons, had to move out.

We received extra expenses upon moving out, most of which we believe we should not have to pay for, so I'll go into a bit more det...