We put in an offer on a REO at the end of May. After two weeks of offers/counter-offers and more counter-offers, someone else puts in a bid. That offer was declined and our 3rd counter-offer was accepted. We sent i...

Hello, my name is Shaun. I live in Buffalo, NY. In the past I have been to "guru" seminars, read the typical books, yet done nothing more than kick a few tires. I am at that exciting point many of you once were, ti...

I want to purchase a building anywhere as long as it's not in a D class neighborhood, or some place expensive like NYC or California. I'm tired of fighting with these investors with these crazy bidding wars in my area...

Landlord tired of rental facing foreclosure on two properties one vacant and one with tenant, vacant property hasn't paid in two years waiting on bank. Want to know, what would would be my next step forward???

Ha! Realized today that I am smack dab in the middle of what some classify as a "Tired Landlord" aka a person with 3-10 properties (I'm at 6). I guess the concept is that 1 or 2 is quite manageable and once you get ov...

Hello all,I'm brand new to BP and have been reading post that are very informative. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to read over 20k posts on info. To start, I have always been interested in real estate since ve...

I have the option to have a used tire shop put in my name. It's in the middle of town and quite a few customers come everyday. It does need a little renovation though. The particleboard roof tiles are trashed and it n...

I stole this joke from someone else so I can't take credit but I wanted you all to enjoy it as I did

I had a flat tire on the interstate, so I eased my car over to the shoulder of the road, carefully got out of the c...

Hi all,I have a couple of house rentals. One of the houses is been managed by a property management and feel like it has been a nightmare. I thought once you pay someone things will get easier from a rental standpoint...

The city, of course, is bad for investing. There's crime in every city I wouldn't touch with a 10' pole.

Have you not seen the appreciation numbers? Think it was 20% last year & 10% so far this year. Plus, the c...