Hows everyone doing? Just wondering how most of y'all pay contractors. I got a few bids from contractors I've never used before so I'm thinking about not paying them until job is complete cause I know sometimes the...

Our architect has done a good job helping us draw up plans to rehab a wing of an 1880 property (including some tear down and re-creating) and suggested working with one of the three contractors he often uses. The cont...

Flipping my first house and first time dealing with sub-contractors.  The electrician that gave the best bid wants 50% up front.  I balked at that and he said he can do 25% up front.  He said he doesn't want to fund i...

Hello, we rented our house to a coupe claiming they only had a cat. but now our neighbors are telling me they have a little dog. I by no means allow dogs in my house for so many reasons. I am just very confused and ve...

Hi BP!  I joined recently after hearing much about the forum.  I'm an American based in Japan, and finally decided to take the plunge as a personal investor a couple months ago and acquired a 14 unit residential build...

Hey guys and gals, we have been growing our fully integrated real estate company over the past few years. I’m focusing a lot of effort on growing our property management business this year. So far I have been developi...

Hey, name's Jorge Vazquez. I'm new to everything about real estate, the only experience I have is my research and reading I have been doing for the past couple months now. LolHow l got here is somewhat through my dad....

Hello fellow BP'ers! I grew up and live in the Kansas City, MO area. I am a Project Manager for a builder of high end custom homes. I love my job and all things residential! Out of high school my goal was to become a...

So I've decided to renew my RE License after being in active for a year or so. I've completed the required 15 hrs of CE which I just confirmed has been reported to MREC. I'm considering which broker to affiliate with ...

Well,  the market for rentals and sales in San Diego has being hectic for the last few months, the lack of inventory is creating an increase in prices.Now in regards the rental market, with the obligation for the land...