Hi All,This is my first post to BP! I have lurked in the background of the forums for long enough and am finally ready to jump out and immerse myself in learning. Situation:  I recently purchased a single family town ...

Hi all,I am a newbie in real estate and getting to learn from BP. I live in the bay area, CA (on rent) with my family. Home prices here are so high, more so in good school districts, I cannot afford (my be I do not wa...

Does anyone recommend a good carpet for a rental house that I am renovating? I am doing wood laminate downstairs but I need to carpet upstairs bedrooms.

Ok so I'm looking at one of these...needs some lighter rehab maybe 20k. It's a duplex, rents for the area are about about 1700. They are not way far off from my max purchase price of 80-90k (including rehab costs)...I...

Some of you may have read our post last year, but in short our first rental property was victim to a fire - So we tore it down and built ourselves an awesome, waterfront home to be used as our primary residence.  Took...

I have been getting nickeled and dimed with leaks and clogs.    From a prior life in Illinois, I remember we had no problem making all plumbing issues part of the tenant's responsibility in the lease.   However, I'm n...

Selling an investment property, that I purchased for little to nothing and  selling for over a huge profit, after renting for 5 years... what is the best way to avoid huge capital gains tax.  Do I have to buy another ...

I'm humbly requesting the help and brilliant expertise which is never in short supply around here. We're about to be in possession of $100,000 to $138,000 cash from the sale of our home (primary residence). This figur...

Hello,I keep coming across a lot of discussion buying a house and that it is a liability, not an asset. Well if that is the case then when can I buy a house or should I always rent one? Or do "they" mean to buy a hous...

I'm new here, and I'm about to start my marketing efforts with @Jerry Pucket soon and I'm targeting absentee owners. I anticipate some leads will come through that aren't right for wholesaling, but may be right fo...