Homepath contract in hand... so happy.  I want this to be my dream home. Finally got 1 contractor to come in and say "sorry, you'll need 200K to renovate this house".  The next contractor wouldn't even come look. He j...

As so many BP Podcasts have said, I don't look at this as a bad thing. It's a 'free' education on tenant screening mistakes as well as learning the ropes in my rental market on evictions. Without going into too many d...

Hello BP Community,I just saw this fourplex on sale today. Its been on the market for 109 days. I was wondering what is a good offer to make on it?http://assessorparcelviewer.saccounty.net/jsviewer...http://www.realto...

Great article on Realtor Safety. "On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 representing absolute confidence in your safety), how would you rate your safety as a real estate agent?Are you doing the utmost to keep yourself, your ...

On December 30, 1988, the doctors had to perform an emergency C-section on my mother as she was giving birth to me. My umbilical cord had wrapped around my neck, cutting off the oxygen to my brain for one minute. When...

I have to admit--I am sooo nervous about buying my first rental property.I spend hours on the MLS, look at properties left & right, analyze until my eyeballs ache—but I still haven’t been able to work up the nerve...

Hi folks,Okay, I'm pretty sure my current tenant stays a lot at her boyfriend's place, and has allowed her sister (with two young children in tow) to stay at her place. I was suspicious for weeks, as I had gone about ...

I sent out 500 letters in my town, and another 100 elsewhere on the island I live on, it's Cape Cod, a very popular vacation area. We have a lot of snobby old people, and lot's of property stays within the family. A s...