The Southern California housing market is going crazy right now. Houses are selling for well over asking price. My husband would like to take advantage of this market right now and sell our house and live in an apartm...

Hello, I love BP and am leaning on you as readers with experience to help us make good decisions on portfolio loans in general.  I am re-posting this question - Evidently I was asking for loan providers and opinions o...

I am a realtor from California looking at the current investment market in Tulsa.    What are your thoughts?  What is the economy like in this area?  What parts of Tulsa do you not want to be in?  I am looking into co...

Fannie Mae asking 185 for the property. Big old farm house built in 1857. I looked at it, and although it looked structurally sound for now, it has some major issues. Not hooked up to municipal water and sewer is the ...

Buy. Rehab. Rent. Refinance. Repeat.
Can someone please explain what the benefit of the refinance is? Is that simply to see what the new value of the property is after you have fixed it up, or does it give you actual...

Hello,I am a huge fan of these BP forums and have learned so much! I feel like I am in the "analysis paralysis" stage though as I have been studying real estate investing for over 5 years now.I first was interested in...

Hello! I’m looking into buying a duplex as a primary residence. One of the units is currently rented under market value. The other unit is vacant. Since Portland is such a tenant friendly city, I’m wondering if there ...

I understand that Cap Rates are not a set number in an area/property, and they depend on many factors.  So here's my question:How do you strike a balance between higher cash flow vs building value?  Example:----------...

I have been a long time lurker but I am now starting to take action with my real estate investing. I am doing some due diligence vetting Praxis Capitol (Brian Burke's company) and want to get feed back from anyone who...

I cant seem to find an EXAMPLE contract to look at

I want to put houses under 30+ day contracts then sell them to investors, It is illegal here in Alberta but there is a loop hole I forget what you put on the contrac...