Hey guys! I am moving to the USA next year and hopefully moving to Houston, Texas. I have been interested in real estate investing since I was a teenager, but I have yet to buy my first property. I started studying re...

Glad to finally be a part of BP!I'd often drop in and read the how-to guides available to unregistered users for free. I decided that it's finally time to drop in and become a part of the community.I've spent the past...

Hello All,

I have been a member here for about a month. I have been reading a lot of posts and listenig to the AWESOME Podcsts!! Seeing what is going on in the real estate industry.

Just a bit about my ...

As winter approached, we all know about all the phone calls we get from tenants that the heat is not heating up the apartment enough, not to mention the big percentage of them that when we come to check it out the win...

I know it sucks but there's really nobody to pin it on. Unfortunately, current market conditions are the result of false stimulation of the economy through lowering rates. Why is lowering rates so important? Becaus...

Do you have things you don't charge the tenants for with maintenance issues?

Hi, my name is Bob Cantwell, I am 50, have two teenage kids, work as an electrical engineer and am in the process of relocating from Dallas to Austin as part of a job change.

My wife and I have just sold some vacant ...

Can anyone explain why the numbers are different when I run an amortization schedule through a calculator than it is in real life. For example we borrowed $236k at 4% and a 20 year amort. Any calculator I use shows ...

First thanks for all of the post about Dodd Frank and it has my head spinning.

In the past I have done some owner financing and L/O (with rent credits)

I plan on doing more that 3 this year and I would ...

Ive bought a multi in the fall river area. A few of the bedrooms do not have closets. Does a bedroom need a closet to be considered one. The house was listed as if they are bedrooms so i would assume closets aren’t ma...