Hey everyone,I live in Silicon Valley, which means I really need to look at investing out of my home state.  My dad lives in Phoenix, which is a growing market, and it seems like it could be a good place to start.  Th...

Hi BP,Do investors, purchasing a property with the sole expectation of renting it out, make it harder for owner-occupants to find affordable housing?This is the question that came up from a family member.  He lives in...

Hi everyone, I'm Kim.  I finally decided to stop lurking and to introduce myself.  I'm an engineer by trade currently living and working in Ventura County, CA.  I've been in the area for about four years and have real...

I just called about a property for rent. $300 month, $150 deposit. Why on earth would they be renting for so low when they could be getting section 8 tenants? The house would fetch $600 easy. The house is in a bad...

My husband and I are under contract on our first STR in Old Saybrook, CT. We have two standard rental properties which we've owned for 5 and 6 years but feel like we have a lot to learn on this new venture. I'm tryi...

Hello! I've got a piece of vacant land under contract in Redding, CA which had approval to build 17 townhouse-style units, all 3/2.5 bath with attached garages, about 1350 SF each. The owner of the land recently passe...

Hi! I’m new to real estate investing. I’m looking at a townhome in my area that’s on auction for a starting bid of $37k with estimated resale of around $200k I would plan on using it as a rental and it could probably ...

Greetings, BP Faithful!My name is Zack Parker and after listening to about forty episodes of the podcast this week I decided there is no better time than now to join the community! Originally from Austin, TX, I curren...

Hi My name is Tim Weber.A little about me, I'm a local boy born in STL area. Left for a little bit while serving uncle sam, and then came back home to the STL area. During this time in the service I did some silent pa...