James Wise
NAR Lawsuit Settled! Offering Buyer Agent Commissions in the MLS now Illegal!!!
The NAR settled all of their lawsuits for $418 million today. Lots of stuff to dig through in regards to all of it, but the biggest takeaway and change to the industry is that fact that buyer agent commission can no l...
Wendell De Guzman
Make $1M in 12 Months (Real Life of a Real Estate Investor Year 2)
Alright BP Nation, this is the start of Year 2 of the Real Life of the Real Estate Investor thread.In the first year of the Real Life of a Real Estate Investor, without meaning to do so, it attracted and resulted in ...
Alex Varner
Contractor requesting 50% Upfront
Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...
Grayson Landon
Extremely slow and incompetent contractor
Hey everyone, I just bought my first single family rental a few months back and am currently in the middle of rehabbing the property. I can't do anything myself besides paint, so I hired a contractor because my real e...
Charles M.
Plan to eliminate Freddie & Fannie
I'm surprised that no one else is discussing this on BP or maybe I just haven't found it but can you please share your thoughts regarding today's news, "Obama to back mortgage finance reform to speed housing recovery...
Kyle Grimm
WHO ARE YOU? What do you do besides real estate?
Hello BP nation! My question for BP nation is what is your day job? Although we would love to be, most of us are not yet full time investors. As I grow older and try to figure out the direction of my career, I love ...
Alison M.
Mosaic Backsplashes ?
For years most rehabbers in the District of Columbia have used the standard granite countertops in kitchens and baths, usually with a granite backsplash, in one of about 4 basic color groups.
In the last 6 months ho...
Scott K.
thinking out loud on how to do this
Hello flippers
I am trying to get a good plan on how to do some low cost flipping. I need to have a good plan to show the wife I am dead serious about this.
I am outside of Detroit. In this area you c...
Ben Mizes
How much do you pay for granite countertops?
My partner and I are redoing 4 kitchens. We only have 15-25 ft of counter-top in each kitchen. We're not sure what a reasonable price for a granite top should be?One of our contractors thinks it will only be $15 a ft....
Nick M.
Do Bi-Level s rent well?
I am in the process of making an offer on a Bi-Level (1550 sqft) to have as a rental houme and would like to ask the experts here what they think about Bi-Levels? Do they rent well/easy?
what is the general opinion...