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Recently, most of you are aware, I got struck a deadly blow to my short sale business. When I say I literally spend a majority of my day(not including being a father to 5 and a husband to a very supportive wife) I am ...
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Nice to meet everyone. I'm very new to real estate investing (i.e., 2 weeks) but pretty thankful that I found this site and appreciate all the information this community has provided. Quick background: My wife and I a...
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Good afternoon everyone, my name is Erica and I am based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As described, my father passed away last June unexpectedly of a heart attack. Now that I am in the better parts of the grieving pro...
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I'm very interested in LED lighting, and we're starting to try it in our home. These lightbulbs are (in theory) meant to last 20+ years (ask me when I'm 65 how that's working out.) And they are very cheap to run pe...
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Hello everybody. My name is Brandon Maxwell and I am an architect in Blacksburg, Virginia. I have wanted to become an architect literally since I was 5 years old. The built environment and the process by which we alte...
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Hi BP Family, Since we have seen a incline in our prices rapidly I'd say from 2011 it's now 2015 how long do you guys think this will last? I bought a property in the Bay Area in Jan 2011 for $179k there is a flip pro...
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Hello all.. I have a property that I am bout to go under contract on, to be a primary residence. This will be a private deal with our attorneys- no real estate broker involved. The contract will be signed soon but the...
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Fellow BPers in Los Angeles and environs,
I've been doing deal analysis for MONTHS and cannot find properties that meet that 70% rule for fix and flip and BRRR. I'm wondering if these can only be found off market and...
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Hello everyone, I am currently negotiating on buying a 2 unit property in my area. When I looked at both units, I asked the tenants in one of the unit on how long have they’ve been living there. They told me that the...
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I recently attended a seminar where a popular TV couple was the sponsor. Now, before we get rants regarding the levels and $$ they ask to shell out for training etc...my interest in this post is targeted to understand...