Hi B.P's I am an investor from New Zealand currently active in the earthquake damaged house market. We buy As is where is properties and rem-mediate the structural aspects to obtain insurance then sell for modest prof...

Hi BP Phoenix! #Rookie here. My wife and I live in the North Phoenix area and are looking to buy our first rental property. We are about to close on a fixed-rate Home Equity loan on our primary house, which we plan to...

We Are All DetroitDo you think the damage from the pending bankruptcy of the city of Detroit will be limited to Detroit? Think again. Detroit is partly the victim of economic trends far beyond its control, the down...

We are currently stationed in Guam and recently noticed houses appreciate pretty fast. Houses that were 350k a year ago are now about 425k. This led my husband and I to consider owning but the numbers are not adding u...

I have searched BP forums in a few ways to see what the chatter is about Puerto Rico and the posts that pop up are old. Very surprising. I understand that PR is kind of USA territory but kind of not - which will under...

I am highly considering buying a property in Arizona due to significantly lower prices than my current market (San Diego). I am interested in the Scottsdale area and have also heard great things about Chandler & T...

Aloha - I recently did a 1031 exchange and bought a condo in Hawaii around June of 2021. I want to sell the condo now and I was hoping/planning to sell it the traditional route through a real estate agent. However, I ...

This is really going to be off topic!  Who in the BP community is a Bourbon and Whiskey drinker, collector or snob.  I have begun to collect and really learn more about the art of Bourbon and have taken a break from r...