Hi, BP community! I'm a recently married 33 year old living near Orlando, Florida. I'm going to be inheriting some money soon and want to use it wisely. Real estate investing is appealing to me. I'm trying to formulat...

I recently finished rehabbing my first rental property in Northwest Indiana and we're expecting security deposit by the end of the week from our first tenant.  Since this was my first project, it was a huge learning e...

What were William Nickerson's key strategies? Leverage and pyramiding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzxrxiSFx50

A hardmoney lender I was networking with at our REIA introduced me to a local rent-to-own investor. We chatted about what he does.  Long story short he told me about his investing strategy and how he works with beginn...

Massachusetts needs an end game for its Lead Law. Officially, “the Lead Law requires the removal or covering of lead paint hazards in homes built before 1978 where any children under six live.”The law, as is true of ...

Ok maybe not really. I set my dvr to record all the Flip This House episodes, and I was quite surprised to see 2 old reruns of Armando's show. I forgot how entertaining he is, love him or hate him. One of the shows...

Hello all,Newbie here. I'm trying to compare returns on real estate to returns in the stock market and I am wondering if it is fair to compare the cap rate of a fully paid off property to the annual ROI of a particula...

I recently came across an opportunity to flip homes with a partner and I wanted to run this through the BP experts to get some feedback.  Here is how it works:
Find a deal (through whatever preferred method) that fit...

I was wondering what method folks use to value their in-process partnerships on deals they're working on when they submit their PFS to lenders. Things have become quite complicated to account for lately with all o...