Hello BP community, My wife and I work w-2 jobs and own 3 rental properties... nothing crazy. Is it normal for my CPA to be charging me $3,000 to prepare our tax return? This is my first time using a CPA and I don't k...

I have made an offer on a property in the Belair-Edison area of Baltimore, which I will rent once closed. A couple things I need the communities help with. I am planning to use a listing agent to market the property t...

Hi everyone, I'm looking into entering a very niche market of providing a "Crash pad" to military officers going through long training courses. These individuals are on 3-5 month assignments, and are reimbursed for ho...

Hi Everyone!My name is Eric, I live in Addison TX, and I work in healthcare IT.  I've been a BP member for a while now, but this is my first post.  I've mostly just been in the background, reading and learning as much...

I own an now long since abandoned house in NJ.  There was no mortgage but the taxes and W/S bills now far exceed any possible value of the property.  The town used to clean up the property and then put a lien on the p...

There are a lot of discussions on the site about starting out, but I find that those discussions where people share the challenges they went through on difficult deals are the best to learn from.

So . . .

What Was Y...

Can someone suggest a good way to estimate repair costs, or should I just stick with quotes from multiple contractors?

BP,I am stoked to say I have closed my 10th property in last 7 months.  I started looking on BP about a year ago.  I was on a business trip to SD and had a lot of drive time.  I must have listened to the podcast for 1...

In March 2015, we worked through Maverick Investor Group to purchase a property in Birmingham, Alabama. The Seller was Birmingham Income Properties - owned by Brad Lewis and Bryan Conwill. Property Management would ...