My client will be selling her LA area rental house and plans to 1031 into another investment.  She wanted a vacation rental house within a couple hours drive, but in California, the cities are banning and severely res...

I’m an out of state investor looking for potential markets to invest in for buy and hold SFR rentals. After hours of scrolling around the map and trying various cities, I was not having much luck finding a market wher...

I’ve seen in posts and in books advice to newbie investors to find cheap properties in low income areas, but to stay away from properties “in a war zone”. But these posts and books never quantify what the diffe...

“You can only tell who is swimming naked after the tide goes out.” Are newer investors as smart we think we are? Or are we just riding an amazing market off a bottom? This post is to get: 1) The honest truth from inv...

Hey BPZillow seems like it could be a very useful tool for searching for real estate and gleaning a blind estimate for locations value and rental income.My question is, just how accurate are these "Zestimates"? Especi...

First time landlord working with a property manager to rent a large, very clean, single family home in a Los Angeles suburb. What are acceptable tenant credit scores and requirements for cash reserves?  I see that my ...

David and Brandon, I was thinking about why women who were asked would not want to appear on the podcast. Then i wrote out two different posts about ways to be more woman friendly, and then I was afraid to come off bi...

Hello BP friends . i have heard some awesome stories about @Rochester,NY and all the potential in the 19th ward . i was wondering if any of you guys know a turnkey company that works in that area and have a good reput...

I have been looking it the protest going on around the U.S. and it sparked a couple questions in my head. My cousin who is in NYC tells me it is more serious than what is shown on T.V. I have seen videos show how cele...

Here comes this
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/opinion/01krugman.html?_r=1

Wow, and I was so certain I could pin this mess ONLY on the Big O and Bubba from Arkansas...

But, what's this guy know anyway, I'd tell ...