BL: Purchased HUD property Dec 2013 for $32k, rehab costs and expenses were$34k. thats 66k cash of my own money in the deal. The good thing is that I dont have any holding costs other than utilities and property taxes...

My personal assessment of the overall economic risks has hit a tipping point.  Decided to sell 4 of our Self Storage locations.  They are great cashflow investments.  But my overall investment strategy and Risk/Reward...

I'm curious as to whether investors are viewing the early 401k withdrawal as an opportunity to gain access to pre tax dollars, pay tax on them now at a lower rate and move them out of the market and into real estate.
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Hello Fellow BP'rs,I wanted to throw this topic out into the crowd and see how it surfs.I've been thinking of reasons why people get excited about investing in real estate, but get stuck in analysis paralysis and neve...

I had somebody that called me today who is in foreclosure, and there's no way they can get caught up on payments. They tried a loan modification and a refinance, and couldn't get either. In any case, they owe $170,0...

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I read a post by Joe Bertolino that piqued my interest. He had just installed solar panels on his property and was awaiting the outcome.

I then searched BP to see if this question was alre...

Ok, so I'm pretty new at this and my thirst/hunger may have gotten the best of me. I have 4 houses under contract for what I thought were fair prices considering the FMV, turns out turn key properties are going for ch...

Often, prospective tenants will come and request a certain demand. - “ Well, can you paint this a different color “ - “ Well, what about the outside, will you update the gardens? “ - what about the dust? Seems dusty e...

I property manage (unlicensed) a duplex for a friend who was stationed overseas. I manage my own duplex so I have some experience. Anyways. He refuses to do any repairs in one of the units whose tenant is complaining ...

Last month, I wrote an article about the big, ugly purple triplex I bought recently.

We've been working the past month to get it rent-ready, with some new paint and various small repairs. Being the hol...