Nathan Gesner
When is it OK to talk about money?
In 2005 my oldest brother asked me how my house sale was going. I mentioned it went under contract in three days and we were making $125,000 profit. I was in the military and would be considered lower middle-income at...
Scott Choppin
Lifecycle of a CA Multi-Family Development Deal
Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...
Account Closed
Dude I'm missing something - Facebook v Real Estate - You kiddin?
I was looking at the returns of Facebook vs Real Estate and I was well, surprised. . . .I bought a property in Phoenix using "Subject To" (very little down, & taking over the loan) and turned around and sold it fo...
Michael Anderson
Need help determining my best financing option
All,I am diving in the pool of real estate investing. I believe I have several options and would like advice on picking the best one. To help with the decision here is a little about my current situation. My wife and ...
Max M.
MS Access, LibreOffice Base, etc. -- Making my own databases for mah biz
So I originally thought using these types of database programs would require weeks of my time to get working for taking care of my organizations requirements for tracking all the stuff I need to track for creative rea...
Matthew Izarek
wholesaling (setting up a platform)
hello bp,
I am active military and currently deployed. I have been researching and listening to podcasts and trying to learn everything I can about wholesailing. Listening to one of the podcasts and reading some of th...
Mary Jay
A tenant threatens to sue if I do return her security deposit
HI guys,I have an out of state property that Ive been renting out for one year.I asked the tenant to move out, when she moved out, there was lots of trash, some weird stuff on the walls, broke cabinets, smell of marij...
Rosy Bruno
Bookkeeping for a newbie - what do I do??
Hi everyone,When first starting out, what did you do to keep track of your expenses, revenues, receipts, quotes, numbers, numbers, money, money, etc...? What software or programs helped you the best? Also, what were s...
Timothy J. Cudjoe
Is Real Estate your passion ? Or is it fueling your passion ?
How many of you actually love doing Real Estate for the benefits it provide and who actually is doing it because they have a passion and its helping that ?? #curious
Michael Plaks
GRAY area alert: deducting real estate education
This question is very common and sounds very straightforward: as an investor, can I deduct my real estate education? Warning: you will not get clear answers from this post. Instead, you will likely get confused. Welco...