American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the 6 percent sales commissi...

This might be a dumb question.I have an old house with wood siding. The paint is starting to chip and one piece actually fell off from being rotten. I dont have problems with drafts in the house or have any inefficien...

Alright...I am going to post what happens every week in my real estate business. Why? So you will learn from my mistakes as well as get inspired by my successes. I also hope by doing this, BP Nation will help me ac...

I posted this elsewhere but figured I'd share my 5+ year ongoing story of buying rental properties to encourage members here. Personal Background
Most of my childhood was spent growing up inside a tenant house on a...

Hey folks, happy new year.

The other day I was asked to show a friend all the steps required to find and buy a fixer upper house here in the Atlanta market. Not a hard task, but doing it the right way is. That said ...

So I found a duplex I'm interested in but noticed sandbags laying around so I asked the realtor if the duplex had ever flooded she stated it did in 2016 during a once-in-a-lifetime rain. Because it's in a rural area I...

I have a tenant wanting to renew their lease next month for one of my SFH's. The basement of the house has walls erected to make 2 rooms (not bedrooms due to no closets). The tenant is allowed to use these rooms for s...

I just owned a property in Pittsburgh area, I noticed there is the side of the basement that has water standing after several days of rain or heavy snow days recently. The basement itself has some finished, and unfini...

Hello.  New investor here.  I piggybacked on an old post with this question, but in hindsight it seemed more appropriate to start a new post.Auction.com purchase.  Bank signed contract as of today.  Sellers title comp...

Our home sits on a regular shape half acre lot. The rear 25% of the lot (same with the 5 neighbors next to me) is considered a detention pond so it has a gentle slope/swale. It is DRY and only has standing water a cou...