I'm new to real estate. My rookie brain would like to pick 3-5 areas to purchase STRs that compliment each other so that one area is cash flowing when the other is not. Like a summer beach house and a winter cabin. Is...

I see a lot of small 1 bed cabins on the market in Big Bear for around $100k.  My only real estate experience so far is a condo I bought a couple of years ago in LA area that is my primary residence and I have no expe...

I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...

Hello! I had an acquaintance with a real estate investor not long ago. He self-manages several properties, but also has a full time job which keeps him on the road quite a bit. He said that he purchases a home warrant...

Earlier this week me and my fiancé stayed in an AirBNB. It was a beautiful unit but there was an infestation of ants on the second day of our stay and the dryer didn’t work. With trying to keep an investor perspective...

I am a huge fan of the business of building. I have been interested in becoming a general contractor, as I am 18 and looking for experience and to continue my love of real estate. My grandfather was a licensed contrac...

tell or vent out some of your craziest excuses as to why a tenant fell behind on their rent....it may help other landlords in the future...My most memorable was when I was a beginner landlord, this lady was renting a ...

I'm not and most (if not all) of our friends (and relatives) aren't. Perhaps this is because of where I live (Northern Virginia). How about the rest of you?

As some of you may know there's a large development in the suburbs of Portland called "South Hillsboro" that's slated to add something like 8000 residences of all types (mix of SFH and multis). This will expand the ci...

Hey BP Members, I am officially a buy and hold investor!!!! Well, as of November 30th. Back StoryThree years ago, my wife wanted to start a business together. The idea was to find a business where we didn't know a lot...