Looked at a property this weekend in Fruitvale (Oakland area), within walking distance to train, nice quiet neighborhood.Price: $600kUnit 1: 3 bed/1 bath renovated and vacant, really nice unit, open and airy, 1,150 sq...

I'd love to get some feedback and hear your thoughts on the investing model that I am planning on ramping up this year.
Let me give you some background for context and to help you understand why I am moving in this d...

1. A lease option is just a lease with the option to buy... these kind of agreement do you really need an escrow agent to close the transaction? I thought it was just like a rental agreement with an option to purchase...

I'm interested in 2 Four-Plexes but after running all the numbers for rental income (all units are at fair market value) and deducting all expenses (incl. Utilities, maint., cap repl., ins., vacancy, etc) due to my me...

Ok, so I'm doing what I've been coaching and doing for 30 years. ;-)
BUY OFF MARKET IN 2024 ! So, what's the trick?
People with properties that want to sell, have excellent interest rates, they're just not on the M...

Good morning BP family,I am new to the real estate investing world and I have a few questions.  I am meeting a realtor at a property in the Puyallup, Wa to take a look at a potential deal.  My questions are as follows...

For the single and multi SFR owners,

How do you handle your cash flow? Do you do per property, then overall? Do you use a program (ie quicken?), or stick to the simplest of simples and use excel?

Does anyone have ...

So I have been reading into the Texas Property Code along with a book I bought Texas laws on Lease Options to figure out how to do it without violating any laws. Hehe, Texas has a lot of red tape to wade through.

It ...

Welcome BP compatriots to my weekly "Skeptical Take" on all things real estate, coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for...

I started out posting a response to a "how to get started question"...then after a frenzy of typing I realized that it deserved a post of it's own....

I try to post answers like I would have liked to see when I was s...