Every single time I'm in any grocery store, walking the street, or anywhere in a posh neighborhood, esp. the Bay Area, I think: * "Golly, gosh, gee, how do these people afford these wonderful homes?"* "What do I have ...

I was interested to hear what others might be doing in securing non-bank financing. We all have a circle of potential lenders/acquaintances that we could tap, without the hassle (or outright impossibility) of dealing...

I just purchased my very first home in March. It’s a two-family and I fixed up the downstairs and moved in this April. Upstairs tenant has been there for 4years with various sketchy roommates. He has refused to prov...

Hello everyone,
    I feel that I’m ready to invest in my first house hacking rental property (2-4 units); I have the $ for a down payment, closing costs, and am going to be using the 203k loan fo...

Hello BP Family, Thank you for opening this post. I'd like to start an intelligent and informative discussion on our predictions for the Bay Area (South-Bay, SF, East-Bay and Peninsula) in 2017. Understanding prices h...

I just read it looks like HQ2 is going to NYC and Virginia. NYC for talent attraction and VA/DC for politics is my guess.  Thoughts? 

This fall I will be starting my final year of college and plan on graduating with an engineering degree. Over the last year and a half I have become very interested in real estate investing, particularly rental proper...

I always wanted to do a "deal diary" and now I have the chance to do one!  This will be my 13th property acquisition and so I'm hoping to make it lucky number 13!A 3-bedroom, 1.5 bathroom 1,054 square foot townhouse c...

As the title says, I’m a 19 year old college student. I’m finishing my first semester in two weeks and overall I was pretty successful. The problem is I’ve yet to feel truly happy with what I’ve done with my life. I’m...

BP, what's up? The title is pretty straightforward to my situation. I have $10,000. How can I turn this into $1M overnight? Thanks!Okay, I'm only joking. If you're still reading, I'm assuming you're patient enough to ...