Executive Summary:Because of the real estate I own, and prospective potential purchases, I wanted to know more about where we are in the real estate cycle in the SF Bay Area. Inspired by great students and researchers...

Can someone suggest a good way to estimate repair costs, or should I just stick with quotes from multiple contractors?

I just got an email from my realtor regarding my decision to wait a little longer for prices to come down more. She said this:

"Sad to say that all indicators show that prices will start ticking up not down. The buil...

I have made up my mind to start in realestate investing. I have been reading a lot about it for the past 2 weeks. I know it's hard work but, What drives me to work at it is my kids. The question is should I pay for a ...

Don't know much about mobile homes. Have remodeled houses, have contractors, etc but this would be my first Lonnie deal. One of the largest U.S. manufacturers of mobile homes is located in my area so there is a decent...

Like a lot of young people have done my wife and I have managed to place a lot of debt on top of ourselves, some of it good some of it bad. My wife is a teacher making 35000 a year. She is a 10 month employee so her p...

Hi BP community,It’s taken awhile to get my financial planner to understand what I’m doing with Real Estate Investing. I interviewed a new one from a well regarded independent boutique firm and again he didn’t quite g...

Hi everyone,I have a great tenant in a condo, that’s been with us for years. Recently, as she was going through the common garage, the door abruptly slammed down on her windshield and shattered it.From what she explai...

Was anyone flipping houses back in 2008? I got caught mid-flip and my projected returns were cut in half when I finally sold.Fast forward to today, and flips made up more than 6% of home sales last year,  according to...

Hello,I currently have 1 rental property (this may go up very soon) located in Ohio, I live in AZ. I have done a lot of reading about the benefits of an LLC. My main reasons for wanting one are the protection it provi...