I'm looking at a duplex. Asking price is 62k. This is unrealistic. Property is empty. Sellers used to live in the property - they used both sides. Property has been on the market for 97 days. Sellers now live in Flori...

Hello BP,This is my first post and it may be an odd question for someone as early as I am in the business.  This one is for my contractors who may know a little or specialize in house raising.  I live in Milwaukee and...

Does anyone have any experience with Pillario Property Management?They seem to be a relatively new company and I'm being prodded towards them by my TK provider.  They are claiming the house I'm looking to buy should r...

I just got off the phone with a gentleman selling two duplexes in my target buy area. He asserted that the prices asked were a "solid 8.5% cap," but a quick glance at the numbers reveal that all of the soft costs -...

on all the paperwork auction has the incorrect city listed. now what? home did not close yet. any chance i can get them to take 5k off my bid or should i just back out of it? they have everything correct except the...

I tried searching on BP first. But didn't find anything to my specific question.There's a real estate agent claiming he has an all-cash buyer for one of my properties. (It is not listed or anything.) He left a pitch-p...

I hired a contractor to rehab a rental home I purchased back in September. For no reason, the job took two weeks longer than expected. The tenant was scheduled to move in on November 1st and he told me that the job wa...

Although there is some disagreement on the subject, common wisdom tells us to verbalize our goals in order to increase our chances of success. So here goes...I only began my real estate journey a few months ago but I'...

I have no real estate background. I am interested in purchasing a bank owned home, but I wondered why the courthouse does not list the bank as owner? It still has the previous owner who failed to make mortgage payme...