I got a call from my tenant yesterday that the bay window in our rental unit has been smashed in by vandalism.  I submitted a claim to Allstate, and the promptly called me to today to let me know that my landlord's po...

just got an email from williampaid. "We regret to inform you that after 5 years, WilliamPaid will be no longer processing rent payments.If you are an existing user of our service, we will stop processing new payments ...

I thought I would post a recap of my first flip, a deal I thought was a slam dunk but didn't turn out to be in the end. The house directly next door, which was identical to mine, sold for $105k earlier that year and t...

I know BP is mostly for RE, but does anyone here also invest in any franchises?  Seems like it could be as profitable if not more as a Re investment.  Also, could be a good way to diversify your investments and not pu...

Hi there BP!the following is something I feel needs to be written to kind of get a lot of things on the table.  First off, a couple of disclosures:  1) I am NOT a millionaire in real estate.  I'm just a hard-working d...

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

My 2 favorites I know of:

-PayPal'ing the cash to myself (3% fee). Although they've given me a slap on the wrist for this.

-Amazon WebPay'ing the cash to...

Aloha BP!  So I finally closed on my first rental property on Friday, December 22 after nearly 15 months of educating myself with content from books, YouTube videos and podcasts.   The property is a small multi-family...

I was born and raised in San Francisco and as we all know, this city is changing big time. My wife and I felt fortunate that we were able to buy a home here in 2016 despite the astronomical cost. Our children know not...

I am having Solar City come out next week to assess whether my primary home and 2 rentals are good candidates for solar panels.  Their schtick is that they pay for the system (so no out of pocket to me), and I pay low...

Anyone else feel guilty or bad at the idea of terminating a purchase contract? We have a property that we put an offer in on that was in "fantastic shape" and it got accepted after the seller countered. But after insp...