Hi everyone. I'm very new to this so please bare with me. I am thinking about investing in a home near a military base that is in another state. I used to live in the area so I'm pretty familiar with it. I have a real...

I'm kind of baffled at valuations in general.  They seem so random.  A building two blocks from my four plex in Crystal, has a newly painted exterior, decent looking apartments the same size, but with worse looking vi...

So I've got a Commercial Broker sending me leads from MFR in Washington, he's operating mostly in the Tacoma - Olympia area. But I'm blown away by the prevailing cap rates going on. Can anyone shed some light on ...

For those of you getting deals on MLS how many offers do you average per deal you actually get accepted/close on? Trying to reach some goals per @Brandon Turner's podcast and figuring out what level of activity I need...

Last year, I set up a self directed IRA in which I'd really like to use to invest in real estate. Initially I went back and forth on a few strategies on where to start, but i've narrowed it down to starting out on ...

Hello BP,Are there any specific set of features that must be present or absent in a certain apartment class?Here are few items that I sometimes get confused about:Age: 0-10 - "A", 11-20 - "B", 21+ - "C" - this is a ge...

I just had an idea, if we could figure out the maximum amount of dollars we could pay for a property per $1 of monthly rental income we estimate the property will bring, we would have a very easy way to figure out how...

Hey everyone. I wanted to bring up a recent news story to see what your thoughts are. I reported on our blog yesterday a story, Zillow Banned in Arizona by Regulators. Is the Novelty Wearing Off? where the mega corp...

Lets say I hire GC, I sign a contract that among other stipulations says that I pay only to GC. GC hires subs. Lets say he hired painters team. Guys are not licensed or insured …one of them falls off his ladder and...

Hey there everyone! By December of this year I am hoping to get my two airbnbs up and running.Looking for recommendations that people use as a STR Host, anything to help manage to property (I will be self managing) as...