Hi everyone. I am just starting out with my 1st rental property in Hawaii but am wondering which one is more beneficial: 2nd home that's a house hack vs. investment property. Per the lender I'm using right now, she sa...

Hi,I am looking to pick an area to start my first investment property. I live in Greater Toronto Area in Ontario and looking to invest around Hamilton, London, Waterloo/Kitchener area.However, housing price there is a...

Hey Everyone – I’ve been interning this summer at a private lender in the real estate space and have put together some of the tricky concepts that are commonly used. Thought I’d share five that I’ve come to understan...

Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity.  Part 1. Executive Summary
The multifamily real estate sector has experienced a sharp rise in distress rates, increasing from 2.6% to 8.4% over the past seven months. This surge c...

The City of Chicago has recently streamlined its financial incentive programs for economic development within city limits. Historically, navigating the funding landscape was complex with differing program specific fun...

My fellow investors, and RE pros, I need your opinion. This would also be a good question for #AskBP. While I would think active investing (you know, wholesaling, flipping, being a landlord) as well as value adding to...

Parents have their personal mobile home parked in their rental unit. I’m trying to convince them to Short term rent it to bring in some more income since it is just sitting there. Question, how is the SA market for...

My dad owns 5 rental properties free and clear.
He is looking to get cash out of them in order to purchase more properties.
Main problem is: he did not earn income with w-2 for 2012, sort of an aberration, which is a ...

I'm looking to purchase a turnkey rental property and have been talking to a company, Maverick Investor Group.  I've been looking at some of their St Louis properties but noticed that a couple are in very poor school ...

There have been many forum posts here on BP about Gurus in this business, evaluating their performance, etc.  There are a number of active members of BP that swear up and down that they're not a "Guru".  So what is th...