Joanne Hanson
What key things do first time landlords need to know
I’m looking to invest in my first rental property in the next year or two. I’d like to learn a little bit about being a landlord before I do so I’m compliant with laws and tax requirements etc. The rest I’ll probably ...
Karen Margrave
Can I Pick Your Brains on Blogging?
To all of you bloggers, I know some of you have blogs that are highlighted on BP, are your blogs also part of a blog that you do seperately in your business, or do you do them only for BP? Do you write a blog that goe...
Nick Holland
2020 Newbie with a plan + questions
Hello all - I've been reading the BP forums & books, listening to the podcasts and watching YouTube videos on REI for the past few months now and decided that 2020 will be the year that I stop being nervous and ta...
Clinton Holmes
Who Rents from You?
Hello BP!
One mistake I think many new landlords, myself included, make when starting out is that they don't think about WHO they want to rent to and WHAT unique value / amenity they have to offer those rente...
Umesh Menon
Victimized by WireFraud on a Real Estate Sale - Need advise
Hello BP Community,We sold our home and the portion of the funds (~ 400K) that had to be wired to our Mortgage Servicer was sent to a fraudulent account (Wire fraud) by the title company. While Title company is invest...
Asad Shaikh
Building Our First Spec Home in Tampa! Weekly Updates
Pictured above is a rough rendering of the first speculative home projects that I will be investing in. If you want a little context from over a year ago (when I was going to go down this path but it didn't end up wor...
Doug Fluckiger
Finding MTR tenants
Our plan starting out was to do MTRs exclusively for all the reasons everyone does. The problem is consistently finding tenants. FurnishedFinder gave us exactly one tenant for <30 days and it was a mess (collecting...
Judy J.
new member in Santa Cruz, CA
New investor based in sunny Santa Cruz, CA. Anyone else here? I'm interested in cashflow opportunities primarily. I'm also interested in house hacking or investing in Santa Cruz but I'm priced out of the market here ...
Robert Adams
Inventory rising in several areas of the country including Vegas
There have been a lot of reports about rising inventory across the country including Las Vegas and Henderson. Just wanted to start a discussion on the topic and get the feedback from the active community here and see ...
Josh Parra
Successful First Flip In New Market, Before & Afters!
After living in Boston for 12 years and learning from some of the BEST in the game, my wife and I decided to relocate back to her home town of State College, Pennsylvania. In Boston I worked with investors that conver...