I would love to get people's thoughts and guidance on home owners insurance on Florida. I'm trying to buy a vacation rental/STR in the Florida Emerald Coast area. I've received insurance quotes from a broker on two di...

Over the past few months, our tenant has been harassed by a stranger in the area (stalking, climbing onto her balcony, trying to get into her car while she's in it). The Police have been involved but unable to catch h...

The owner-occupied FHA loan offered by the government is one that is extremely useful for new real estate investors to purchase multi-family homes. Recently, I've thought about the possibility of gradually growing my ...

Hello BP community,
If you could start your real estate investing career in any market in the country which would it be? Assume you have a fair bit of savings (over 100k), are 29 years old and have the flexibility to...

I have a little cash to invest and was looking to buy a SFR in one of the oft-mentioned cash flow cities... Indy, KC, Cleveland, etc... but I keep getting lured to places like Phoenix as it's always nice to have an ex...

Background:  Next month the largest maintenance operation in the history of the refinery in my town is going to start.  It'll take 6-8 months.  My towns population is 9500.  From start to finish of this operation, the...

In my opinion not owning any real estate at all but in my current work place I deal with a lot of men and women. I think women in general would give you a much bigger hassell because they expect so much and want to gi...

We are about to sell our second rental and I am interested in having a primary home with a basement apartment and having a detached garage with another apartment over it. Not sure what questions I need to ask a local ...

Hey everybody!  Wanted to introduce myself and really start jumping into the BP website more.  My name is Dan Mortimer.  I have only been in the work-a-day world for 6 years or so and am already looking to get out of ...

I read the "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" and will be completing my first flip in 2 months.  With the profits I would want to reinvest in a rental in a more affordable market and all my research has lead me to ...