So grateful to have found this site and community! I have been reading and watching and listening to as much as I possibly can, and I'm just looking for advice on strategies for a newbie. Some background: I'm from LA....

Anyone here on BP who is 18 - early 20's trying to figure out real estate investing/in the process of making their first investment? I'm right there with ya. What are you currently interested in investing? It would...

Hi all! Newbie, prospective investor here. I'm hoping to house hack a duplex in Los Angeles County for my first investment property, but my mortgage banker (who's also an investor) said it's pretty much impossible to ...

Do I pay taxes on flips What do I do

I've got two homes I'm eyeing. Both built in 2005. Location the same. One's 1900 sq ft home selling for 190k. Will definitely rent out for $1500 a month. Another is 2950 sq ft home selling for 220k. Will definitely re...

Had a tenant apply. Qualified on income and checks every box. Filled out all forms properly, and communicates very well. Has an eviction on record 6.5 years ago. If they applied 6 mo from now it would have not even sh...

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 come on to BP every day.  I've got a large amount of keywords set up.One of them is "mentor".  You can imagine, I see posts every day of new people coming on looking for a mentor.Here's the thing.  I get it.  I unde...