Would like to start off by thanking everyone one BP who has contributed and currently contributes to the success of this forum. I've been scanning BP for sometime now and have learned a tremendous amount about real...

This is something I hear on Dave Ramsey. I'm not sure I agree with the numbers but I agree with the general ideas.

o what do the rich do every day that the poor don’t do?

Tom Corley, on his website Rich...

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So I have seen so many people discuss the fact that as a landlord you have to pay for your units if the something breaks.
You get a call in the middle of the night and you have to get it fixed.
That sounds m...

I need some opinions from the community....My tenant informed me today the front door was kicked in by her daughter's 19 year old boy friend when she would not allow him into the home. Upon arriving home from work, my...

There is something called an efficient market (well known in stocks and commodities).  That is where there is no easy money to be made, as everything is priced so no one has an advantage.
Then there is the mania.  Fo...

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend my very first real estate investing seminar. The seminar, which held in my home state of New Jersey, introduced me to the concepts of REI Investing through the purcha...

As most of us investors are seeing, motivated sellers have gone by the wayside with multimillion dollar developments left & right in Atlanta. I've sent out mailers to 5,000 people in the last 2 months and gotten 0...

So I'm ready to buy my first SFH rental, but I'm struggling with a few things. I want to know what expenses I MUST account for when calculating rental income minus expenses. (Tax, Insurance, etc.) Also, how do I know ...

After reading through the landlord forum and taking notes, I have a list of recommended clauses to put into leases. Some were just copy and pasted, so there is some added "commentary" to them. Some of them are also go...

Hi,My partner and I are looking to purchase a short term rental in Maine. We haven't zeroed in on a specific city/town yet but we're focusing our search on areas within 2 hours drive of Acadia National Park. We'd like...