I just finished EOY tax planning sessions with my clients, and Roth conversion was one of the topics. It reminded me how confused most investors are about Roth and prompted me to write this long post. Since Roth-relat...

First, here is some background on this deal. My wife and I are new investors located in Houston.  This is the second home that we have rehabbed.  I thought we made every mistake in the book on the first house, but aft...

Hi BP,I found an 8-unit apartment building for sale by owner on craigslist.  I've been studying real estate and reading/listening to BP for about a year and a half, but have yet to do an actual deal.  I wanted to run ...

Good afternoon BP,I recently got my first property rented.  I needed to rent fast so I lowered the price from 2200 to 1850.  The Management company gets ten percent 185.  The Mortgage is 1500.  I bought the property n...

Hey everyone! I’m in the beginning/education stage of my real estate journey and looking for my first multi-family apartment deal. I’m also working on building a network/team. The first thing I’m looking for is an exc...

I just spent the last two days in meetings with potential flippers and maybe guys who have flipped a few years ago and want back in, or perhaps some want to be flippers. I don't know. But here in Vegas everyone wants ...

Hello all, I must admit that this is very new to me so there are all kinds of things running through my head but now it's time to condense and put the pedal to the metal.I have a fully refurbed house that I purchased ...

Yesterday I attended a local REIA meeting which had a length presentation about why we all need to get into notes.   And it came as no surprise that there was also a length pitch about the note training session coming...

I’m looking into investing in primarily buy and hold opportunities out of state. I live in a very competitive Washington state marketplace and am now looking elsewhere. Where would recommend searching? I’m looking at ...

I wanted to give out some advice on appliances as an investor (I have over 100 units) who also happens to own an appliance store with repair techs. Last year we did over 10,000 repairs.
I’ve seen a few posts taking a...