Hi BP Community, this is my first post after lurking here for a while soaking up as much as I can. I am an accidental landlord with a condo in San Diego, CA. I bought in April 2020 and recently moved to the Bay Area f...

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I'm looking for a layman's explanation of how a 1031 exchange works. I did some searching in threads and many of the explanations are pretty complicated. Can someone post a simple step by step guide to t...

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I’ve been to a lot of real estate investing meetups and heard from a gazillion speakers. The good ones share meaningful knowledge and sometimes how they operate. I’ve struggled trying...

So I posted a while back about renting out my home with negative cashflow, and potential for a much higher equity gain YoY. I got quite a few responses, with most leaning towards the idea that negative cashflow is nev...

Hi everyone! I recently joined and have been reading and doing some research on this site.FYI, I work in construction so I have home repair experience. We own 2 houses in New Jersey under my wife's name as my credit w...

I've got a question for you agents.  It's basically, what are reasonable expectations I can have of my agent?  Allow me an anecdote to specify.  I plan to move to a different city (1hr away) soon.  My approach is to p...

Hi everyone, a few of you may have seen my enthusiasm in the past about utilizing Air BNB's platform to bring entrepreneurs together with investors to expand both of their businesses and while I have done some limited...

Hello BP,Heres my situation and my question:I bought a condo in Niceville Florida for 110k and I have a mortgage of about 80k. I am house hacking it so I have a roommate and make a great profit. However, I am leaving ...

I have set up a self-directed IRA account for my real estate investments. I have been approached by an investor/developer to lend second or third position on his projects (which is allowed by my SDIRA custodian as lon...

LED Lighting (fixtures)So incandescent is out, CFL’s lasted about two years and now we have LED bulbs but even better... LED fixtures! I’ve started changing out fixtures (as needed – interior and exterior) for the new...