I'm learning some hard lessons on my second rental property purchase here in California. I inherited 2 tenants that have refused to pay rent since closing on the property in late October. In late November I served a 6...

Hello BP Family!I have been researching for months now on the various ways to start investing in Real Estate. I asked the question in my last post regarding out of state investing and received a tremendous response wi...

I thought it might be interesting to share my experience with my first Brrrr property as I oversee the process taking place in New Mexico from my home of residence in Doha, Qatar. We first saw the house while visiting...

Knowing what you know now, would you still have chosen the educational program you studied, and/or the career path you initially took?  Or, if real estate is your passion, would you have skipped being a MD, attorney, ...

This is kind of a long story so I will just shorten it tremendously.My previous tenant (also my first real tenant, besides the previous owners of my multi-family home), was schizophrenic. She thought that my wife and ...

hi guys, as you know im new to real estate business, im looking for someone local to the Mcallen that knows the ins and outs of the business, someone that can teach me and maybe help me a lil with some good tips.

I have a 90 year old friend with a triplex. A few years ago, a pipe broke in the upstairs. She hired a family member to fix it but ran out of insurance money before he could complete it. Now the building is sitting th...

I feel like I have come to a place in my real estate education, where I have hit a wall. Scattering about Bigger Pockets and other publications out there trying to get as much information as I can. At first, all infor...

Hello BP!My first deal ever was 10 years ago.  I bought and fixed, sold to my parents and they owner financed @ 10% for 5 years.  My 2nd deal was a year later as a bird dog deal.  I didn't even know it had a name, but...