As one who had never heard of the 2% rule or 1% or any of the other terminology that floats around BP,, I just became aware of the 2% rule. I was talking with a fellow from Oregon who was lamenting that there are no 2...

I have organized what I believe to be some very valuable information and relationships about the economy and real estate, and will be posting updates about the San Francisco Bay Area marketplace here periodically. I s...

Curious to hear people’s views on the case? I could see the entire industry being changed or some different legal language to some legal forms and things more or less continuing as is. As an aside I do think the combo...

I've been an electrician in Washington (the real one..) for 10 years, residential, commercial, and industrial. I've learned a ton from BP so this is me trying to give back with knowledge of something I know very well....

We're going on 3 properties, and I'm wondering where others store their reserves for their rental properties? My general rule of thumb was 6 months of PITI, which I have in a savings account. As we go to 3 properties,...

Now is the time to BUY!Here is what is occurring in virtually all "hot" real estate markets nationally:"Hot" = strong population and job growth markets and therefore increasing price trend line This applies to San Jos...

I'm in the process of selling my primary residence FSBO.  We are in a very popular neighborhood, so for now, we won't be going through a listing agent.  We are also real estate investors, and we've been on the buy and...

I have a negative cash flow property out of state I bought about 10 year ago that was a mistake before I knew better.  Trying to decide to take a big hit and sell it cheap or hold on to it and hope market recovers.   ...

Hey! Currently flipping a property (blast podcast all day every day haha) but we are finishing up here ourselves and we would like to try selling without an agent, legalities aside (we have attorneys and everything fo...