** Keep in mind while reading this that the LA market is crazy. The 2%, 50% and most other rules don’t apply. :-) **Six years ago my husband and I bought our first property - a run down duplex in a transitioning part...

Hello,
More SDIRA questions - I am putting them under separate heading to hopefully make them more useful to others too.

I understand that I can not 'do the work on the property to make a profit'. As might be the cas...

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

Hey gang, I'm looking for some feedback from investors who have gone the live-in flip route.  I'm in the market to buy out in the Colorado Springs area, and figure if I'm going to buy, I'd rather buy something I can f...

$2.5 Million dollar spec house in Berkeley Lake GAThis house is fairly near where I live and I've driven and walked by it multiple times.  I thought someone was a little bit insane to be putting up an expensive spec h...

Hello BP community,

I have an amazing contractor (with a crew) who completely remodeled my home. He's professional, fast, reasonably priced and most importantly, trustworthy. However, he is unlicensed.

I want to u...

I think from reading MikeOH's blog that he seems to most of his own maint. I don't have that many houses but I do all my own work,several major remodels done and working on one now. I have read some posts that your a...

I am repositioning an 8- Unit Apartment  (Photos Here )  In my analysis i knew that the property was being under rented & with capital & aesthetic improvements i could drastically raise the rents.  Rents are n...