Greetings BP friends,So, my business partner and I live in Los Angeles and we are in the entertainment business. We've decided to create a new business entity to combine our companies and scale up our services. We pro...

Economic Update
(Monday, March 22, 2012)
The TV commercial used to say “When E.F. Hutton speaks everyone listens.” Well, E.F. Hutton is no more. Now we have the Federal Reserve. And when the Fed speaks, truly EVE...

Syndications and passive investing are frequent topics of discussion in the forums. Over lunch yesterday I  was discussing with a friend how the business has evolved in recent years. The conversation began after we co...

Are all Real Estate Owned (REOs) listed on the local Multi Listing Service (MLS)?

I know there are those that prefer not to use the MLS - and advise against it. My intention is not to venture in to that debate again...

I am in the process of forming LLC and wanted to get some opinions on what to name the company or more importantly to not name it. Are there names to avoid (such as investor) as I don't want to lose deals related ...

I'm a first time home buyer in the Boise, Idaho market and want to purchase a Duplex as my 1st property.  In my area, there aren't a lot of duplex on the market and I was presented with an opportunity to build one.I w...

In my searches, I am coming across many properties with pools. In areas such as Arizona, Florida, Texas, and Nevada, I am finding pools are very common and almost preferred. I have found some great properties, but I a...

I've been receiving quite a few messages about real estate and how I got started, so I thought it would benefit everyone with a separate thread.  Of course, this is just what we go by, and is not considered any legal ...

I have a group of investors who have asked me to locate wholesale-priced commercial properties in the Houston area. They are looking for gas stations, strip centers, large retail centers, office buildings, and the li...

It seems that many real estate investors got into real estate as it naturally coplimented a business that they already had such as construction. Then there are others who entered real estate while involved in business...