David Ivy
Austin Market Report - December 2023
Happy New Year! The December 2023 market report from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) shows that the median home price in the City of Austin remained stable over the past 12 months, falling just 1% from a year ago...
Luke Aubut
Hard money lenders in Madison or southern Wisconsin??
Can anyone recommend a hard money lender for a first time flipper/investor in Madison?I found what appears to be a fantastic fix n flip opportunity that, at least at first sight, outperforms the 70% rule. I’m going to...
Andrew M.
Property evaluation checklist
At the end of the week, I'm going to look at a property that my firends aunt is going to use as rental property. Its kind of a long story but I will hopefully get to live there for free in exchange for help managing i...
Mary Murphy
Inherited a house I want to rent out
This will be my first step into the investment realm. I have recently inherited an older home that I want to make some fixes to and rent out. There is no mortgage. The house is older and needs new roof, furnace, elect...
Dan Hooper
I wanna be a bird dog!
Hi everyone. My name is Dan and I want to get a start in investing. Since I'm still very new I figure bird dogging in my spare time could be a good way to get my feet wet. Does anyone out on the west side of Cleveland...
Mike Y.
IRS Real Estate Professional with small # of units?
My wife and I own a three unit building and occupy one of the units, as well as a separate large undeveloped block of land. She works full-time and I work half time as a consultant. We have passive loss rollovers from...
Nathan H.
Thinking about becoming a MLO
Hi BP Community,I want to get your take on a possible career change and see if you’ve found some of the assumptions I’m making to hold true. Currently I’m a tax accountant. I specialize in exchanges and partnerships (...
Jim Nettles
College, Trade School or workforce?
Our 18 year old son is very interested in real estate, real estate investment and business. He’s graduating HS shortly and is at a crossroads. He’s not sure what he should do to help realize his dream of being a busi...
David Ivy
Austin Market Report - May 2024
The May 2024 market report from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) shows that the median home price in the City of Austin rose 11.6% to $608,438 over the past 12 months. The greater metro area’s median price was fla...
Cara Campos
Introduction
Hello BP world,I am a new investor and wanted to introduce myself to the community! I've been silently following many of the forums on here for a while and would like to start out by saying how much I've learned just...