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Tim LaBorde Will Real Estate Agents Become Obsolete?
16 October 2015 | 55 replies

On average, most consumers only move once about every 7 years or so and for the typical consumer, a good real estate agent can be worth her weight in gold as far as the negotiation skills and technical experience brou...

Harman N. How much value does turning duplex to a triplex add?
6 April 2017 | 19 replies

Hey folks,Roughly how much value does adding a legal ADU to a duplex and converting it to a triplex bring? The duplex is in the Inner Sunset in San Francisco, and the 2 existing units are 2BR/1BA 1200-1300 square feet...

David D. Using a predictive model to find undervalued properties.
11 June 2024 | 46 replies

I am curious if anyone has employed the simple strategy I was thinking of for investing in any kind of property:1. Use something like ATTOM API to get historical sales snapshots, or just all the historical sales of th...

Samantha M. Explaining to New Investors Why "Comps" From Trulia & Zillow are Not Reliable
8 January 2013 | 44 replies

As the topic states, sometimes when I speak with individuals new to real estate they will often site Trulia and or zillow to pull comps.

Thats not for a general estimate mind you, but for actual comps for the subject...

Tom Doan Is Getting Started With An REO A Smart Idea?
25 April 2009 | 8 replies

I'm a student so I don't really have a ton of cash sitting in the bank. However, looking at some REOs and after recently attending a Rich Dad, Poor Dad workshop, I was told that it wasn't unrealistic to be able to get...

Dean D. Is now a good time to buy a first primary residence - or wait?
29 October 2022 | 16 replies

Hi everyone, My partner and I currently rent and pay ~$1,400 a month. We are in the position to be able to make our first purchase, aiming for the mortgage to be roughly the same as our current rental total. Does it m...

John Clark West Elsdon neighborhood now reaching appreciation acceleration
13 September 2022 | 11 replies

Interesting to watch. Akin to chartists plotting stock movements.West Elsdon will never gentrify; it didn't go down and hit bottom, it's just been trundling along at a languid pace for years. Now, however, as areas to...

Account Closed ‘Crash’ hits home buyers not investors. Am I right?
25 October 2022 | 10 replies

There is a lot of hype in the BP forums about the devastating effects the impending ‘crash’. It seems that this crash will have a negative impact on home buyers, but not investors. Do we really need to be freaking out? 

Thomas Dionne Telling a lender "no" when asking for receipts for rehab
23 November 2011 | 17 replies

I have bought my 1st property for 50k, put around 4k into it and appraised is for 94k (did appraisal on my own because i just had to know)I have like 4 people (out of 300 calls) already wanting to rent to own it that ...

Chai Sag Looking to buy in area that will double value in 1 to 2 years
14 May 2019 | 129 replies

Some of Miami's condos are like 4 times more in value than they were in 2009IN Asuncion (Paraguay ) real estate prices are 5 times higher  than in 2010 (500%!!!)I am just looking to buy in a Market where prices are go...