I bought a short sale for 315 in a 500k area, the home has not been painted before, the home should be painted but I want to keep the entire budget for the flip below 10k. I don't want to buy cheap paint but I don't w...

Hello all,What kind of marketing strategy are you guys doing nowadays? Does DM still work in today’s competitive market? I sent out 3.9K letter this past month (I am committed for a 6 months campaign). It has been abo...

Good morning!My wife and I recently purchased a new home and are planning on making our current home a rental property.  I have listed the property on Zillow/Trulia/Hotpads as well as Craigslist.  We have what I would...

At the beginning of each year I take the time to research and reflect on various markets throughout the country so as to provide a road map to my acquisition search for the year.  As an active buyer of apartment compl...

Hi folks. I joined BP awhile back when my wife and I decided that we really wanted to get involved in real estate investing, namely flipping. I've tried to educate myself and have looked at a bunch of properties but n...

Hi BP members,I need help analyzing the follow:In Houston Rental market (suburban), most will follow the 1%...so here is my calculation for getting a rental house that can rent out for $1500/month, at $150KMonthlyRent...

Just a Question to people that like to buy houses and rent them out and others that have and still do but also, Buy and sell, Wholesale and all that good stuff. Are you able to be really successful in only Owning hous...

This was a convo my family had around the dinner table last night as some are leasing and some are buying their car. I was wondering what the BP community thought about leasing a car. Lets make the assumption that you...