Hi everyone,When researching an area to invest in do you talk with locally elected officials or public offices? If so, what offices or officials do you talk to?

I am feeling a bit excited, and a bit overwhelmed, as we just closed on our first property this week!    We found a small 2bd/1 several weeks ago on the MLS, first day on market and we put under contract after looking...

Hi,My Wife and I just purchased our first investment property. We found an outdated house one of the best neighborhoods in town. We just closed on that property a little over a week ago. We currently own a new house t...

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to hop on and give a quick life update. As of last week, I am officially a Real Estate Agent and will be working for Laplante Real Estate based here in Toledo Ohio. I am super excited to...

Dear BP family,
Is there a way I can find out what's considered finished, semi-finished and unfinished basement for appraisal?
What exactly do I need to do, so that appraiser will consider my basement finished or se...

a friend of mine and i are meeting in a few hours to start planning for our first property purchase. we both live in manhattan and are looking to purchase a 4-6 unit residential building in the nyc metro area (most li...

There have been many threads recently debating the merit of this supposed rule. I think MUCH of the disagreement is about:

1. When the "rule" should be applied
2. What the definition of the "rule" is

Let's try to...

I open this topic for all of us who not be able to come to the summit.

Summit attendees please write your daily experiences in this daybook maybe with some pictures if possible. So we can participate with you :).

An...

Hi BP family!I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way for me to finally close on my first property, as well as anyone who has written inspiring discussions / blogs. BP is an extremel...