Dear BPers,I've noticed that this site seems really focused on residential real estate investing.  I'm curious why there seems to be an emphasis in that direction here.  My impression (though I am definitely a novice ...

My wife and I moved to Los Angeles about a year and a half ago and we're hoping to get back into REI. We own a rental property in Atlanta that's been rented out for about 10 years now and hope to start getting more pr...

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My name is Chad and I am 22 years old and I am very interested in investing and plan to make a move within 6 months. I have been reading BP for a while but have never posted anything. I must say tha...

My friend and I are new to real estate investing and are looking to partner on a deal. He is military and wants to use his VA loan to help us start. I want to know if anyone with some more experience and knowledge can...

Hi I want to use a 1031 exchange qualified Intermediary for the first time. It appears there is a lot of research that needs to be done to find a good one. Does anyone have any advice on such a company, that they have...

Hello BP community :)Ran into a little issue tonight - found that when I "fixed" my fridge's drain pan to stop my freezer from forming huge ice sheets at the bottom of the fridge, I caused some kind of leak. 24 hours ...

Hey there everybody!My wife and I are new to the Seattle area (just moved from Minneapolis) and we are starting to look for our first property. We have an interest in small multifamily for buy-and-hold and in fix-and-...

Hello all! I don’t understand how on the podcasts and other investors keep talking about this 80% LTV helocs. As a rental property I have called a couple dozen banks and either they don’t finance rental properties or...

I had just joined BP during this time & there were so many on here that said I should just sell the thing because "the 50% rule doesn't work for this rental." Write a check for $10-$15k so I could go buy another h...

Hi all, I was hoping folks with some experience might be able to give me a bit of advice. I’m roughly familiar with the idea of housing hacking from this site and the BP podcast. I generally see or hear it described i...