Do you guys know any tool that crawls the MLS or sites like Zillow/Trulia and extracts information from it to excel or some sort of document with everything summarized? Will be nice to set up some triggers (show me pr...

For those here. I have a friend with a credit score of about 580 or so. Can't remember the exact number but she is wondering about ways she can raise it up quickly. I've never had a credit score below high 600's or so...

Ok Guys -
I've got a hypothetical for you -- I want ALL ideas on the table.

A guy has a few thousand bucks in the stock market -- say less than $5k -- and wants to put it into real estate investing.

What should he ...

I picked up a 2 unit multi-family property. Unit 1 is a 1bed/1bath. Unit 2 is a 3 bed/1 bath. I've accounted for me paying the water and sewer in my numbers but have also had others recommend I pass this cost down to ...

I am considering buying a duplex in a college town, about 2 blocks from campus.  Does anyone have experience in college towns renting to college students?  Are they more or less reliable making payments?  How do you d...

Ok, long weekend and a little lighthearted fare:

Real estate investors - what kind of car(s) do you drive? Do you prefer luxury cars? Modest cars? How many drive cars with many, many miles on them? And - if you...

Hi, investors! I'm new to BP and am starting some buy-and-hold investment activities in the North Atlanta Metro area. I'm also opening a solo law practice serving real estate investors in Georgia. I'd love to hear wha...

Good morning Fellow Landlords,
It's the last Friday of the month so I (or my property managers) will be placing Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes under the doors of our rental units.

You've got to take into considerat...

We were very happy with the automated rent payment system from Erentpayment.com, however, after they the issues in November when they lost rent payments we are looking at other options.  What other services are out th...

Hi BP!I'm looking for advice on how to begin analyzing a land deal with a possible timber harvest. There are three separate, adjoining parcels for sale, totaling 303 acres in northern WA state for $2,500 an acre. The ...