After 8 months and 7 days of waiting for bank approval on a short sale... I'm still waiting. COVID has CERTAINLY not helped but unfortunately, I feel like this is going to make it to the one year mark.
This got me th...

Hey everyone,So I am under contract on this deal without a buyer's agent. I found the deal through the MLS and got out there quick to check it out. My first point of contact was the seller's agent but when I went out ...

Hi Everyone - long time lurker and researcher here on BP which by the way is one of the most useful sites you can possibly use to better your REI goals.So i have spent the last 9 to 12 months researching and learning,...

Context: I have bad credit. My fiancée has good credit. I have proof of income. She doesn’t work. We have 20k in savings, we’re ready to buy. Question: What would you do? How would you actually go about making this ha...

Hey guys I have been listening to a lot of podcasts and many of them talk about frugality and saving money or being cheap. I was always raised to believe that being cheap is expensive, sure you may save money right no...

I am hesitant to write this post because I don't want to brag about my successes (it's really a team effort). Besides, the kind of money I've made on this deal is just the sum total of headaches and aggravation and ti...

Pic #1: This is the water I found in one of my  rentals that’s about 5’ below grade. This came AFTER we had finished doing a foundation waterproofing around the perimeter of the house! - How could this happen!?I had t...

I'm looking for some benchmarks for figuring out how different areas in intown and near OP Atlanta are classified (A, B, C, D areas).  I bought my personal residence 'across the tracks' in the City of Decatur 20 years...

This is the worst property situation I've had to date. I'm overwhelmed and not sure what to do. Any helpful advice would be appreciated. I bought this fourplex in December 2013. On Sunday a tenant reported sewerage ba...