I just finished watching The Big Short, a movie about the real estate bubble.  I enjoyed the information in the movie but I was very let down by the fact that they never acknowledged the fact that subprime mortgages w...

What is your definition of Commercial Real Estate? I know many on BP consider Multi Family to be commercial R.E. Others believe that it's any real estate used for "business" purposes, still others consider any propert...

Hello BP Meembers,

I am currently in the process of setting up my LLC and my CPA told me to set it up under a different state LLC because it's much cheaper. I live in Chicago and he said that it costs around $500 to...

I am about to dive deep into a 1031 exchange and the end result could be 2 SFR in 9 locations compared to my current 3 SFR in 3 locations. All my properties are turnkey managed. So far I have always had individual ac...

I have a background in architecture and a real interest in design. My dream is to flip houses, but I want them to be unique and thoughtfully designed. I love the idea of making something better. I watch all the flippi...

Since I personally don't like the word newbie...I will use the word neophyte-a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. Many times it is used in a religious context and one could argue that real estate is a r...

I thought this was an interesting graphic from this article: https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/2018/05/22/for-200k-would-you-rather-buy-a-box-in-manhattan-or-a-mansion-in-san-antonio/https://infogram.c...

@Ali Boone , @Charles McNelly, and others have talked about lifestyle design, and how it fits into their real estate investing - or should I say, how their real estate investing fits into their lifestyle design. I've ...

My scenario: I have 40k$ in cash right now. 10K$ in stocks. Me and wife both have W2 jobs. We both want to retire in 10 years from now with 10k$ in cash flow per month.
Goal: Buy SFH rental property and rent them ou...

So I have this property in a D neighborhood (Ybor city, Tampa) and I have a management company managing it. The tenant paid the first and second months promptly, the third was late and the forth which was supposed to ...