A few friends of mine and I have this vision of creating new homes from shipping containers. However, we are still new to real estate so we figure the best place to start looking is on the forums for people who have d...

Hello-I'm in initial talks with a seller about seller financing. Their agent has asked for my credit report, not because they've requested it, but she thinks it'll be good for the sale. I agree showing my excellent cr...

I apologize that this will be a little long read but bear with me. So i own a townhouse in New Jersey and we had closed on my house February 2014 with a real estate agent. I need advice from BP on an issue that has ri...

OMG ! I made a very big mistake !I found this great property, did the comps, everything looks great.The property owner told me they had an appraisal of $93, and said they would send it to me.I followed up with them a...

I have to say ( and no offense intended to Josh), that this forum is a big disappointment to me. Dosen't anybody have a success to announce?
I have been chasing REO's and am finding that the banks are hoarding them f...

Hi All,
My partner and I are in the process of placing a tenant and have had a very large number of people interested in the available unit. My question is, from a fair housing act standpoint, are we obligated to ...

Hey guys- I'm a new investor in the middle of my first flip in St. Pete.  I'm curious as to how you guys pull your comps?  I have bought and sold 2 houses within St. Pete for personal use both within the same "area" s...

Hello,
I recently purchased and read @jscott's book on estimating rehab costs.  It was very informative and helpful, but as the book mentions, labor costs vary widely across the country so there is no way that every ...

I was wondering others opinions. I own 1 rental property and was wondering if I need to go the cpa route. I have been doin my own taxes through turbo tax but this will be my first year with a rental. I bought the turb...

Hi BP,Does anyone know the best way to obtain a list of homes that have code violations? I live in Central FL, I checked the city and county websites, it appears that you need to have the address for each property to ...