As part of my ideology that education should be free, I will be making a monthly post (if not more often) related to real estate, because a better educated society results in better social and economic opportunities f...

Dear BP community,This will be my second investment property. I have two main questions 1) financing; 2) whether to leave the home an unofficial Duplex (it has Licensed Neighborhood Commercial zoning) or convert to a ...

Hey guys! I'd like to know which flooring's you've tried and think are best for your rentals.I'm on my first property, which is a duplex and I'm looking at using $2/sqft Porcelain "Wood" Tile. The only thing I'm worri...

Hi all, I saw a house for buy and hold that is in really good condition. Wouldn't need much updating (except it needs a new roof).  The problem is that 50% of the walls in the house are covered with particle board (li...

Hi,I have been doing okay with my real estate coach. However, one of the tasks that he gave me was to write down a list of cash investors that I have rounded up over the course of the weeks and send them to him for qu...

Hello,I've a deal that came across my table for which the expenses are 80% of the annual rent. What is the recommendation as per the 50% rule ? Should I avoid deals that have too high ratio of expenses and rent ?Pleas...

I've had the same unmarried couple as tenants for 4 years now. They were good tenants at first. But the past couple of years whenever I go in to access repairs, I've noticed they are not clean people. The walls are na...

I am new to investing and have just one rental property -a condo unit- near a college campus.  This complex is mainly leased by international students.  I'm looking to do some upgrades which won't increase rent but wi...

Thought a few of you might enjoy this article on investing in Yuan with Chinese bank accounts:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704307404576080222812076888.html