Hello BP friends, My wife and I have always had it in our vision to end up in some capacity in REI. We live in the North Fort worth/Keller TX area or locally known as (Alliance center). I recently worked in the Oil/na...

It seems to me that the public at large as well as investors are unaware of the BOOM that is happening due to gas exploration! I think that everyone will agree that in our field we keep our eyes and minds open at all...

I have some properties that are about to be vacant. I was thinking about ways to get creative and create a niche for myself. With the green movement being such a big deal and all the talk about energy efficiency I tho...

Everyone has heard of the Federal Reserve "Stress Test" for large Wall Street banks, but many of the same principles apply to us as real estate investors. A stress test involves preparing for the rare "crisis," a once...

First off, thanks to everyone for contributing.  I've learned just about everything I know about real estate on BiggerPockets.My situation:  I'm trying to help my parents use a 1031 exchange to defer ~1.2M capital gai...

This question is for all the commercial lenders out there. I wanted to better understand what database, or underwriting software lenders use to determine if a potential property will require environmental testing. I r...

The real estate market is often the subject of speculation and forecasts, some predicting downturns or even crashes. However, based on my extensive experience and observation in the field, I believe there are strong r...

Hey BP! I am a flipper in North Central, CT and I have two projects going on right now in South WIndsor and Simsbury and both are in need of new furnaces. Both are hot water, one is natural gas fired and one is oil fi...

I have a four unit with steam boiler where all the old (asbestos or horsehair)_ insulation was stripped. Now it's "naked" and needs to be re insulated. What do people generally do in this case? buy replacement jacket?...

So I'm flipping a house in Long Island, NY. House had been abandoned for couple of years. When we first went in.. House had this horrible smell. So threw everything out and gutted the whole house to the stud.  we ha...