Alex Applebee
My first flip at 26, a woman, ZERO construction skills.
I closed escrow on the sale of my very first flip back in January. Craziness of life got in the way and I never got around to posting about it here. However, I figured it was time. I SERIOUSLY credit BP for some of th...
John Jack R.
Do Little and Try and Make Money or Add Real Value and More Risk?
So about four months ago, my business partner has an inside track with this HUGE DEAL! It was a Spanish client of his, whose husband passed away, after a legal battle with her late spouse's family, she won the right t...
Tom V.
Need some help here with tenants. Serious problem. Please!
Hi all, having a serious situation here at a 3 family property I own.
It's a 3 family property. A few months back, the 3rd floor tenant stopped paying rent. Evicted him. Cost a couple grand to do, but got rid...
Rich Weese
This sucks. We're # 11, or worse.
http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/2010/08/12/how-to-understand-american-decline.html
Current Newsweek article lists The United States as # 11 in countries worldwide. Really cool website with different categori...
Jeff S.
We Loaned on a Stolen House
Local wholesaler gets a response from some bandit signs. A homeowner is willing to sell his vacant hoarder house and adjacent lot in a nice area in Los Angeles. Sale price for both properties is something over $500k...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: If you've bought a property in 2022, how did you find it?
Welcome to our question of the week!
We know that this year is more challenging for finding deals for a lot of people, so we want to know where and how you found you deal this year. Was there a program or company you...
Nathaniel Symonds
I want to invest out of state. Any ideas?
I live in Colorado but not enough capital to invest in my area. Any thoughts on where I can get started. I work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off i make good money, have great credit and I have time to travel. Any ideas as to w...
Shiloh Lundahl
At what point in time does a college education not make sense?
There is an economic term called diminishing marginal rate of return. Meaning for every one more unit sold the benefit becomes less and less. With the rise in college tuition costs and the strong emergence of availabi...
Diane G.
How would the new buyer of $2m Sunnyvale house feel?
About 2 months ago, a 2/1 SFH in Sunnyvale sold for $2M, and made headlines in the Bay Area for a few days. https://sf.curbed.com/2018/3/2/17073100/silicon-va...2 months later, a SFH in the same neighborhood, 2x the s...
Chris Clothier
Are Appraisers Hurting Real Estate Values?
I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...