Jordan Murrell
Flipping gone wrong
I need help. I live in Vegas and I have bought a property in the east Memphis area. Purchased at $235,000 in December. Supposed to be about $60k rehab and sell for $345,000. We had to fire our first contractor. His wo...
Gilda L. Sauceda
The cart before the horse or the horse before the cart?
Seeking advice for someone in my current situation.I’m looking to be a first time property investor with initial intentions to purchase a multifamily property quadplex owner occupied.I’m preapproved for a conventional...
Cindy Chan
Rental Property Investing in Fresno, CA
Hello BP Community! My husband and I are looking into rental investing in Fresno, CA. We’re doing research and trying to find out more about the market there, from average rents to rental vacancy rates to neighborhood...
Michael Baum
Interesting and sad guest story.
So as most of you know we have a pretty rural lake house on Lake Coeur d'Alene in North Idaho. We also allow dogs, up to two. I always tell the guests if you are bringing small dogs, keep them on a leash at all times ...
Almond Matthew
My recent duplex construction
Good afternoon all My name is Matt and I recently joined BP and I wanted to share with you my experience building my first rental property.First a little about myself. I am 37 years old with 20 years experience in mo...
Craig Micon
Predicting the Future of All Top 50 MSAs
As a new investor looking at markets out-of-state, I found this blog post by @Scott Trench - 2016 Best and Worst REI Markets - to be super helpful. For those who haven’t read it, it provides a ranking of the attractiv...
Austin Steed
21 and First Investment Property
BP,I just wanted to share a success story that I have been blessed with having. I was in the military and stationed in Lemoore, CA. Lemoore is a town of 25k people and they are expanding the base and adding about 5k b...
Marcia Maynard
LLC holds real estate and partner wants out.
We have a family partnership that owns two rental properties (a Single Family House and a Duplex). It started out as a simple partnership in 1995 (Dad & Mom, #1 Son & Wife, #2 Son & Wife). After the unexpe...
Tracey Reinbrecht
Recurring late rent payments
We have tenants that always take advantage of the 5 day grace period we have in the lease. Today we received a text that they had an unexpected emergency and that they aren't sure they will be able to get the full ren...
Mike Hasson
Challenges with owning rural properties?
Hi! I'm looking at some rural properties, specifically in Ohio, within 1-2 hours of Columbus - but mostly asking in general - to investors who buy or own rural properties...
How difficult has it been, in your experie...