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It's the start of a new year and the end of my first year of real estate investing. Just wanted to quickly share my story and hopefully inspire some people :)Literally 13 months ago, I had 0 interest or education abou...
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Like many millennials, we have student loan debt. We make a middle class income and practice a smart saving, little spending lifestyle with no other debts. Currently living as tenants in someone else’s house-hack, n...
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There has been a lot of talk of people moving out of California. To this effect, the Los Angeles Times has an article that goes by the subject "High taxes be damned, the rich keep moving to California". Has anyone rea...
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Hi everyone,BP newbie and first post in the forums. I live in Orange County, CA and am looking to buy my first buy-and-hold rental property. I've been looking outside of Southern California as I have not been able to ...
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Background:I completed my associates degree in information technology with an emphasis on networking, and I achieved the CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Networking Associate)My first job in IT was running the IT d...
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Real estate cash flow vs Physician/Doctor cash flow. How many houses and how much time would it take a real estate investor to get enough cash flow to equal that of a doctor making 300k + benefits a year? I am assumin...
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Hey everyone,I am currently an investor in Columbus, OH (where I am born and raised, and currently living). In the last few months, I've gotten this wicked urge to get the heck out of Ohio- at least for 3-5 months dur...
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Hi everyone,So a little background: I'm 10 days away from selling my first real estate flip and looking at about a 150 -200k profit. The short version is I purchased a Single family ranch at auction using 100% hard ...
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BP Community,After spending several months listening, learning and analyzing I am asking for a couple of minutes of your time to give me your opinion on the following deal (which would be my first one). Is it a homeru...
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Posted My Property for rent, last 24hrs I have had 35 inquiries Via Facebook marketplace - Am I doing something WRONG? - Should I show the home to EVERYONE that wants to see it, and charge everyone an application fee?...