Historically, Santa Cruz County trails both San Mateo and Santa Clara County in nearly every major real estate metric. Since 2012, the yearly median growth is about 12% per county but the counties of San Mateo and San...

I have an opportunity to buy a home that is a VA foreclosure. I’ve looked at the property and think it’s a good deal if my offer is accepted. I haven’t officially made the offer. But, I do have my number in mind.My co...

Listening to the BP podcast the other day I came to the idea of using my VA benefits to get a no money down loan for up to a fourplex.  Has anybody here used the same strategy? If so,  how did it work out? I'm thinkin...

Hey, I found this while searching online, it is the Mortgage Bankers Association very own paper on the costs of foreclosure. Check it out, and use all of these points as bargaining chips for lower offers on short sal...

Hello, my friend is an 82 year old woman and in 1999 she went to a lawyer to have a document drawn up. Her daughter just gave me the document asking "What does this mean?"Top of document says This Indenture, made the ...

Where should I look to get good deals

Hello BP,I'm sad to say an amazing deal might have fallen through my fingers. There was another buyer who put in an offer a week before mine and his offer was less money but also less time. I didn't know the sellers w...

Hey All,I live in a very small midwest town. I am going to start making a lot of low ball offers in my town for buy and hold rentals that meet my cap rate goals. Should I be worried about getting a reputation around t...

I'm not a new real estate investor, nor am I a seasoned one, probably more middle of the road, and here's my story.  I bought a duplex in Euclid, OH, northwest of Cleveland, back in June 2017, for $78000.  My realtor ...

HOLY COW!!

Talk about quick and tangible results.

I was bouncing around different threads the other day, learning, devouring, soaking it all in and I ran across a discussion re kitchen cabinets. Here's...