How are the short-term rental / AirBNB investors faring?  At what point in the future are you seeing your bookings start to pick back up?  Are locals picking up any of the near-term unmet demand?  How are pure vacatio...

I have my sights set on a Hubzu listed property.  They started the bid at 208k and with no other bidders, I bid to 210k at the last minute.  The reserve had not been met, and they Emailed the following day with a coun...

Hello,I am completely burned out on finding deals using bandit signs.  I would like to create a system that is more targeted and scalable & have decided to test out direct mail to tax delinquent properties.  Tryin...

Hello All,I am a new investor and looking in Upstate NY for my first rental. I am currently working with a broker and she said the below statement that really changed the way I view properties under my search criteria...

The basic information for this post has come from the book Aftershock written by David Wiedemer and Robert Wiedemer with the assistance of Cindy Spitzer. These are the same authors that four years ago wrote America's ...

I have an opportunity to assume a loan at 2.5% in a HCOL SoCal community.  Even at that rate I will still be losing about $800-$1000 per month with a renter due to HOA & Mello Roos.  I'm ok with a negative cash fl...

Hey everyone!BP has just released my latest book:  RECESSION PROOF REAL ESTATE INVESTING.It is all about how the economy works (starting with the very basics and working up from there), economic cycles and how we as r...

I will start off by disclaiming that I cannot take credit for the idea behind this post.  I recently read and responded to a post initiated by @Adam Zach surveying all members wanting to see who in the real estate inv...

Introduction
My intentions here is not to do a quick look at the numbers but a deep dive into the entire experience of doing my first development. I did break this down into sections so that you can skip to area of i...

Hi, Looking for advice for my sister to get out of her lease before we contact the landlord again.  Here's the situation:  For the past few weeks, around midnight once or twice a week she thought she heard porn being ...