Hello there,I'm looking into investing in rental property (duplex) out of state and I've narrowed it down to 3 cities where I would like to search. Since I'm new to all this I'm not sure what the protocol is. Is it ok...

I started making offers for properties through my Realtor, and each time I get an 11+ page document that needs to be signed.Is this typical, or is there a "short form" type of contract I can have her use? If I'm going...

Hello,I have family in the small town of Mason City, Iowa, so I travel there occasionally. I am always looking for new markets to invest in as a buy and hold investor. I know it is a cheaper and older market, and I ha...

Hello BP community!  Fairly new here but started a few weeks ago with a very small direct mail campaign to folks who had received a Notice of Trustee's Sale (Texas).  Two relatively small counties and entry in the cyc...

I'm curious of the current market demand for student housing and appeal to rental investors. I've owned 2 houses in College Station/Bryan (Texas A&M University) for 8 years. I'm a retired engineer and have been su...

Hello,I own with a partner a commercial building here in Kentucky that we have done some work on, had an LOI and prelim contract but nothing has come through. It is about 20,000 sq ft with a parking lot and about 1.8 ...

I found a property that has been abandoned for over 30 years (exterior still looks great though.) The couple who previously owned it have been deceased since 2001. There was a third person on the records I received fr...

So I've done a few flips using hard money and I'm running into the issue of them sending out their inspector to verify work, however between the time that I sent the lender the SOW (while in escrow) and the time we ac...

At our company right now there is a debate over which is the best cell phone for our company to get.

There are votes for the Droid, iPhone, and BlackBerry Bold. Most of us have BB Curves right now and a big knock is...

I have a vacant house a couple doors down from my personal home, in Texas. It has squatters in it.  The police have removed them twice so far but they just come back. The city sent notices to the address on the tax re...