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Jim K. You will have to do ugly things to get ahead in real estate
18 October 2021 | 152 replies

Would you agree or disagree?

J. Martin 2013 Mistakes/Failures & Lessons Learned - Spill your guts!
5 October 2015 | 49 replies

I love to see the success stories on BP, but it’s also important to learn from mistakes in the past – and better to learn from someone else’s mistake than your own! Without sounding negative, lets spill some of our...

Corey Dutton What Are the Biggest Risks of Trust Deed Investing?
7 August 2012 | 26 replies

A loan made to an individual or a business can be secured by real estate or real property. This is also called real estate lending, or trust deed investing. A trust deed is recorded, putting a lien on the Title to the...

James R. Copeland Craziest Tenant Experience?
16 March 2018 | 49 replies

So I have to share mine, because it just happened this week. We went back and forth with the tenant in our rental home but finally convinced them to move out without having to go the eviction route. When they did fina...

Abass Sheikh Newbie with difficult inherited tenant's spouse; unpaid rent
9 March 2023 | 35 replies

Hello everyone, Firstly, I have been lurking for a while now and have gotten incredibly useful stuff from here and I cant thank you enough for that.
I am a newbie investor who just bought a rental property this summe...

Doug Utberg What will trigger the next recession?
25 October 2018 | 46 replies

Background: The economy is on a tear, but trees don't grow to the sky.  At some point, it will over-extend and go into recession when financial commitments default.Last time, the trigger was a default on home mortgage...

Henry T. Seattle Eviction deputy shot by tenant
28 March 2023 | 48 replies

More horrible news from this sad city.  Btw, Seattle City council approved an ordinance making criminal history "off limits" on rental applications. Maybe not a good idea.
https://komonews.com/news/local/ballard-800-...

Bill Gulley How Profitable Is Property Management?
28 October 2013 | 45 replies

I received a question about profitabilty of being a PM. I thought about it. I've had PMs at times 10% of rents. I'm thinking around here average rents are probably $500, that's $50 bucks plus first months rent.

$110...

Sunghee Shin Section 8 Investment in Detroit Michigan
22 July 2024 | 38 replies

Hi there (new to BP here), 
Anyone do section 8 rentals in Detroit, MI? If so, does anyone use PM to manage the properties? 
Soon, I'll have some capital to invest in RE. Been really interested in investing in prope...