My name is Heather Castellano.  I was born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii.  My background in real estate has only been purchasing for principal residence.  I am a mom by day and a Dean of Instructors for 101 Financial the...

Hey everybody. A little background about me. I gotta be real. I was a weird little kid. I used to sit up late at night and watch the infomercials on "how to buy houses with no money down, or "how to get rich in real e...

I run co-living houses in San Jose CA. I have 3 students living in 3 different rooms of a SF house. Bathrooms and kitchen are shared.One tenant writes :A confrontation occurred because I kindly asked a roommate to cle...

I've read the articles and many guidelines on being safe when blogging and not releasing any extremely personal details. I get that, but to help show my family is involved in our community, I'd like to post about some...

I have tried using the Canada Post mailing list generator. It lets me select Own vs Rent, household income and family status, among other innocuous and generally useless criteria, but none of the juicy details that th...

I am interested in a house with foundation problems. It's a 1300 s.f house built in 1973, no basement, slab foundation. The document shows that the seller paid $27000 in 2022 for 8 eccentric pier installation, 20 carb...

Hey everyone, my name is John and I just joined up with the site. Been listening to the BP podcasts for a few years now and find them very useful and educational. They helped give me the confidence to buy my first hom...

What are you using? What is the standard? I'm using Apple's Numbers app because it came with my mac but I'm starting to see that Excel seems to be the standard. Should I switch over? I'm just making simple project bud...

I have been reading like a mad man! 3 books a week for the last two months. All the must read oldies, Bigger Pocket Books, Rich Dad Poor Dad... The common theme is continue your self education, learn.I love to pick up...

I recently started reading "Tax Free Wealth" by Tom Wheelwright and I realized how much my knowledge is lacking on the tax side of investing.  Further, I realized how confusing the different terms are for the various ...