I live in bay area (Dublin, 2hr drive to merced).I am planning to buy a rental property in merced,ca. This is my investment property.  I have visited merced 2 times in last one month. Some of my neighbors bought singl...

I live in a little (40K pop) city in southern Ontario, Canada that has a ton of brownfield in the middle of the city with a massive old train station (we're a train city with contamination problems). I've had a vision...

I’m in an interesting situation with a deal and looking for some advice. We got an offer accepted on a great off market 6 family in Massachusetts.We’ve discovered that there are children under 6 living there AND confi...

All wanted to share with you an ongoing heated dsicussions between City of San Jose, Landlords and tenants about rent control.  Share your thoughts here and with the city... Summary of proposal: http://www2.caanet.org...

California recently signed a mandate requiring most new homes in the state to include solar panels after 2020. California is the first state to do so, but it likely won't be the last, with New Jersey and Minnesota pur...

Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...

National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun recently wrote an article stating that we're in a "Bizarre Market" in which he stated "With a strong economy and the lowest unemployment rate since 2000, m...

On 9/5 we went into contract on an SFR in Holiday, FL (Colonial Hills subdivision), right before Hurricane Irma.  This is the northern part of the Tampa Bay area, which did not see as much damage as the areas more sou...