Share your thoughts on buying rental income properties starting with about half a million dollars.      The "why" is the important part of this question. If you are buying properties in the $100k range, do you buy the...

Where should I draw the line? Always, a few days before rent is due I get a maintenance request.My tenant is a self-described handy person and he also works in an appliance repair and sales shop. He is the first tenan...

If you made it this far, then I already owe you thanks for taking the time to read my post. I've been working on this business plan for about a week now. The process has helped me tremendously. I have so much to le...

Shock, Anger, Denial, Depression, and Acceptance…These are the 5 stages people go through during a traumatic event.About 2 years ago, I had my traumatic event when a family member’s health took a serious turn for the ...

I have an executor who would prefer to sell to me rather than pay for listing. The reverse is about 100K over market value in current condition. He wants to be able to pay off the grandchildren named in the will to...

Hello,I am a new member looking to network and learn about real estate investing. Thank you in advance. See you around! 

My Drawing of my outsourcing of short sale transactions

I know I didn't invent this stuff, but I wanted to organize my process. Here's how it works.

I train Realtors / Agents to bring me their potential short sale ...

So my wife and I engaged in a pretty heated conversation. My wife is amazing, but we are simply wired differently. My wife is totally ok with punching a clock Monday through Friday, the slow grow of a 401k, and possib...

I invest in a county that has a limited number of permitted vacation rentals - these properties trade at a premium and only make sense to purchase if you are going to run it full-time as a vacation rental so you aren'...

After some in depth study over the past few weeks, including hours of BP produced audio, interaction with the community, reading 123flip.com, and Marty Boardman's book, I think I finally have an understanding of the b...