We do spec home construction, NO rehabs or flips, so all we are looking for are vacant lots. We are aiming to do 8 properties this year, currently working on our first one of the year. By far the BIGGEST issue we are ...

San Antonio - Looking for referrals for handymen in the area that can do anything from the small jobs to a wide variety of tasks with the best price:value ratio. Thanks in advance. 

Any tips anyone can provide to how to go about finding a solid Contractor, property manager, financing etc when getting your first rental property? How do you determine how the best way to find contracting for a job w...

Hello, I intend qualify as a "real estate professional" (from a tax perspective) this year. Meaning, I will work more than 750 hours on real estate activities and it will be my primary job (in my case it will be likel...

The following NY Times piece:

Sheila Bair’s Bank Shot

is an excellent read for anyone with even a casual interest in the too big to fail problem. I am glad to know that there are still some people fighting for rati...

Mostly because I’m nosey, please reply yes if you’re a DIYer, no if you sub out all work, or some other hands off investor method. Along with details if you wish. Fyi, I’m definitely hands on, even built from ground ...

There is a universal rule that you get a handyman from the last owner whenever you purchase a mobile home park. I have had a wide variety of outcomes but I want to give a few warnings from my experience.

1. Don't r...

Hello BP family,

I have been working on my time management, and have noticed that when the week starts all the random events end up bringing my plans down the drain.

I'm reaching out to this amazing community, so I...

Hi Everybody,
I'm not really new to BP, but rarely post. It always feels kind of weird to talk about yourself, but I'm at a point in my real estate investing career that I'm sure a lot of people get to or will get to...

For the last year or so I have a project manager that works with me on a lot of the re investing work. For a while we were able to divide up all the work in the field, as well as get all the paperwork done at the offi...