I am an out of town investor for the Cincinnati - Dayton Ohio area.  I have some money to invest and I am looking to do Virtual Flipping.  I am from this area and familiar with it, plus I have some friends & famil...

Just saying hello. I just pulled the trigger on a STR/vacation home in South Padre Island. We went in big for our first one, but are feeling good about it so far. We used the BP calculator to make sure it cash flows w...

Our guidance line relationships have grown of late to the point where we have put together a draft ranking mechanism for our "horses" in an attempt to get the most favorable terms from our lenders.  Special thanks to ...

I used the BP buy and hold calculator to analyst a commercial property and the numbers didn't make sense. Not sense to purchase and lease out. Can you use this tool for commercial properties or am I missing something....

After 45 + years investing in, purchasing and selling notes and real property; structuring “deals”, running investment funds and syndications, I have observed that many (most) investors both hesitate too long gatherin...

An architect told me that their architectural services for building a 1000 sq ft 2 story ADU in Los Angeles would be $40K-45K. Does that seem reasonable?My lot is flat and 'unremarkable', btw. I am not looking for fan...

That old adage "it sounds simple" can definitely apply to being a landlord.  Like many things in life doing simple things well can be complicated in execution.  In your experience what makes a "good" landlord into a "...

Hi im a little confused on figuring out these loan terms and was hoping someone here could help me out. For example one lender offered a loan with 5% amortized for 30 years but on a term/balloon at 5 years. If someone...

I was looking for some input on how useful home advisor is?  I have long distant rentals and it looks like a good option to get small jobs done without alot of headaches.  I'm currently using it to just put up a handr...

Good morning BP, ive been looking into the various incentives from utility programs and curious if anyone has a view on the value of energy efficiency audits? Specifically, I'm interested in knowing if anyone has made...