Hi guys.  We have the opportunity to purchase a house at a very good price.  It is currently occupied by a 50's aged widow.   She pays about $350 UNDER current market rates, the rent has not been raised in 4 years.   ...

I have a potential tenant that would like to pay the entire years rent up front.  I have already screened tenant through an online service and was wondering why would tenant give me over 15k  instead of paying monthly...

I had another quick question. I was wondering how else a developer gets paid from a real estate development, other than selling ownership. I was reading about Donald Trump and how he was paid management and constructi...

Hey everyone,I thought this was an interesting picture that supposedly shows the top cities that will have the most rent growth this year. Not surprised to see Indianapolis in the top 5. Indy has seen very steady rent...

So my friend and his family own a very successful construction company. They have a piece of property they are going to sell to me for 60k to live in. I’ll get the deed then go get a HELOC and they will do all the wor...

Hi, I am interested in buying an investment property in Las Vegas. I am debating between short (short and B&B) and long-term rentals as well as finding the right location. I recently read that the City created str...

Looking at MFRs in Cleveland and suburban areas, but I'm super concerned with population decline. Some suburban communities are pretty stable, but generally, Cleveland is a fraction of what it once was. What are the c...

If you file a complaint against blatant unethical actions of some realtors, the State Real Estate Commission finds no fault wrong. Yet the National Association of Realtors spends millions in advertising every month to...

When you look at this chart, you see that overall there is often a mild impact on real estate prices but not always. Sometimes the prices remain unaffected and sometimes like with the 2008 crash, they can be significa...

My fellow investors, and RE pros, I need your opinion. This would also be a good question for #AskBP. While I would think active investing (you know, wholesaling, flipping, being a landlord) as well as value adding to...