For along time now I have been putting money into my Roth IRA every year.  I was wondering if it would be better to take what money I would put into an IRA and just add that to the money I invest in real estate.  The ...

Hey BP crew! I will make this short and sweet; I am currently located in Santa Barbara, CA pursuing my REI career. I plan to start building up a nice cash buyers list so I was thinking about things to say to set me ap...

Hi, I am new to investing. I am in the process of financing my second investment home. I have an investment property A where I lived initially and built a good amount of equity. Since I have a primary home and investm...

Have you ever had a tenant that you are in court evicting ask you to come re-light the water heater?... I have! Have you ever had a tenant that you are in court evicting ask you to come spray for bugs?... I have! Have...

Looking at a 2/1 condo and price is right but there is a fairly serious issue.The room sizes are very small, seems like the size of a large walk in closet.  I didn't have a tape measure with me (I normally do, but tha...

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I have one of my investment property with a substantial equity in it... I was not planning to do anything with it, but recently decided that maybe I could put it to work through HELOC. To my biggest...

Hello, I am new to the website. I am not an investor yet, just trying to learn the basics and stay out of trouble. I have been watching Auction.com, there are a lot of REO's on that website many with large mortgages u...

I am currently following Dave Ramsey’s plan on finance. If you don’t know it is summed up with 7 baby steps. I’m on step 6 which is pay off your home early.

I currently have a 15 year loan at 3.3% with 11 left if I ...

We want to buy this house as our first with an FHA loan that allows repairs, fix it live in it for two years and sell. What is the best way to asses the ARV quickly? There have already been offers made and our Realt...

Colorado limited income qualification to 2X rent recently. Does anyone have a strategy to protect against less-than-qualified tenants getting approved? I used to charge the equivalent of one monthly deposit for qualif...