I have my first buy and hold rental in contract and am really excited about it. I got an insurance quote from the same agent that does our primary home and our cars. The quote includes the insurance for the structure,...

I realize this may be slightly off-topic, so if it's too far off let me know.Here's the scenario. I have a friend through one of the recreational activities that we both participate in with an adult son who owns an el...

hey fellow rei's.  my name is Michael macklin.  I'm excited to be a new member of BP.  My beautiful wife introduced me to this site after learning of my desire to become a real estate investor.  I'm new to the Raleigh...

Hello BP,

I am new to your forums and am eager to join the discussions. One topic i've been wanting to talk about with other investors is buying in a rapidly gentrifying area and renting said property.

I've gone ov...

Has anyone heard of someone doing a syndication for a small retail strip center +/- 10K SF? It seems most syndication is for multifamily. 

I've just placed an offer on a home with a 3 bedroom top floor and a two bedroom basement suite. In my area, usually basement suites are rented with utilities included. But if I rent the top floor to one family and th...

Hi friends, I have one property under LLC and other two in my personal name in Montclair NJ. To make accounting easy should I start using my LLC to manage other two properties also and have one back account for all th...

When getting a portfolio loan, do the banks loan you the money just for the down payment on the house? or do they loan you the money to buy the property? or do they give you the money for the property and the rehabs? 

I am interested to know if seasoned note investors would recommend the better states to buy notes. By "better", I mean in terms of (1) return (2) licensing restrictions, and (3) state law.  I reside in CA, and have i...

What’s a good rule of thumb to follow when starting a business or owning multiple properties for how much you should set cash aside to go towards the mortgage, expenses, emergencies and paying yourself? Thanks in adva...