What's your story of why you chose to rent where you live or finance a purchase?  I've purchased a few homes I have lived in, and never owned/lived in them long enough to make up for the closing costs, interest, prope...

This isn't a pressing issue for me, but want a bit of clarity before logging it away to memory for future sake. I'm working on my Florida real estate pre licensing courses, and one sentence that was sort of glossed ov...

Hello,I live in WA state and we have a long proud history of proposing and passing poorly though out legislation which has long exacerbated the under building of new housing.  The result has been a widening gap betwee...

Hi all. I am new to BP and like many others here after reading Robert Kiyosaki's books got my mind set on real estate.I am getting an equity loan from my primary residence and was wondering if it is a good idea to inv...

I am learning a lot on my 1st Investment property!I initially purchased it as a 2/1 single family needed a complete gut job, using a HELOC from my primary residence with the enough left over to do a budget conscious r...

It's amazing how it becomes common knowledge to the people around you once you're truly passionate about something.  One of my coworkers is a painter on his spare time and people come to him consistently about custom ...

As always, my apologies for overly basic/simple questions, although I am not sure this one would qualify for either. My apologies also for the length of this post, typos, etc. Anyway, here goes…I am trying to establ...

What are the tax implications for the seller in an owner-financed deal? I've identified an off-market property that I'd try to get seller financing on. They've held the property for a couple decades, and would likely ...

Hi,I am in the process of building a house on my 13 acre farm.  I have already built a smaller accessory unit on the property.  In both cases, I have been using simple Google spreadsheets to keep track of my costs.  I...

Im not sure if Im doing this properly but Im looking for compassionate ways to encourage the former owner of a house that was sold at a California tax sale, to leave. He is a Senior but still very bright and "in the k...