I am just now officially starting my journey into real estate.  I own two properties and neither of them are currently acting as investments other than mortgage pay down and whatever appreciation the market creates in...

Hey BP - so I had a young man approach me yesterday with a question that I thought I would post here. He explained how he is receiving an inheritance of roughly $100-$125k, and was seeking thoughts on what he should d...

So I spent probably about $7500 in cosmetic work and repairs on my rental, and my PM did a final inspection today and she said my house is not ready for rent due to the following reasons: 1) Backyard needs grass seed2...

I have been reading the "E-myth" and it has gotten me to think about the how/why for developing systems. I get that everybody's systems will be different based on what they do, but was looking at which processes I sho...

So I've been told by more than one experienced agent/broker in LI that leases are hard to come by, however, agents like Graham Stephan (he's in LA, completely different market, so I understand that may apply in LA per...

Hello BP!I am asking this question so I can evaluate the responses and see if one strategy is more favorable than another. If you had 200K to invest in real estate, would you rather buy one property (an upper/middle c...

Just wondering if anyone does any gardening for food, and what your plans were. It saves me alot of money every year, and this year should be a huge amount of savings. Commercially grown supermarket tomatoes are 5 do...

Hello all,I'm interested in buying from a county courthouse auction and I'm trying to plan ahead with financing. Is using private money a good strategy for acquiring a property at auction?Are there Hard money options ...

I recently contacted a 4-unit owner about his intetest in selling his rental property. this is an off market deal. below is what i got in response. any advice on what steps/actions on how to tackle this?

“I was no...

CONTEXTI need to regrade the area around my foundation per my inspector's report. (fortunately this was the biggest issue he found) I got estimates from local KC landscapers. Some estimates included a french drain an...