So right now I work in the back office of a bank, financial processing. Pretty boring, all day I'm buried in excel. Very unexciting. Every day is the same. I feel like a drone, very little decision making. It's cushy ...

Great advice that might have temporarily killed my plansHello Everyone,So yesterday I got some really great, honest and brutal advice about real estate investment that might force me to put my plans on hold for a whil...

I recently purchased my first property (turnkey) using a conventional mortgage. After purchasing it, I realized that saving up for the down payment (25%) every year is going to be a really slow way to grow my portfoli...

How do people feel about section 8 tenants??

Tenant and his wife filled out a rental application 2 weeks back. I gave full disclosure that I will preform a credit and background check. When presented with this information he explained he had a felony 7 years ago...

Hey all, I’m in the GTA region of Ontario and relatively new to BP. I am looking to meet others in the region, who’s around?

Every article you read about real estate investing trends makes some mention to emerging technology and its potential impact for REI.  So my question for the BP community is this.  If there was ONE app every real esta...

I don't care if you love or hate the current tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This post isn't intended to be political.I am curious to get the opinions of other BPers on what the investing road ahead/climate looks li...

After writing this, I now realize it's pretty long, so I put the main focus and details of the deal in bold and the rest of the fluff in italics.Prior to successfully completing my first real estate deal, one of the t...

As a bit of background, I live in Los Angeles, my investments consist of sfh in Ohio and one vacation rental here in California. Before I began investing, I got my CA real estate license (Its now expIred), signed on w...