I am not a economic expert or do I really follow market trends, so I would like advice from people smarter than me on this topic like @Ben Leybovich and @seanWe have pretty standard commercial financing on 1/2 our por...

I once started out on this site asking tons of questions. If you’re starting out feel free to ask me questions and I will answer the best I can. Below is my experience for context.Experience- 6-7 years- Single family ...

I've been looking at multifamily properties on MLS, backpages, loopnet, etc and applying the 50%/2% rule to them. I've also been looking at the cap rate, cash on cash return, IRR and NPV. On the surface, none of thes...

Just happened to watch Dateline Sunday night and they did a great piece on Detroit. A recap Detroit economy is going through some of its toughest times. There are rows of vacant, damaged houses with nearly vacant ne...

Good afternoon BP,I recently just purchased my first condo in the Hampton roads area in February 2016 and for the first two months everything was amazing.....come May anything that could go wrong did.   I planned for ...

I'm about to go into a hoarder/mismanaged potential apartment building and am prepping for the worst, so it got me thinking. whats the most disgusting/craziest/expensive thing you've ever found in a prospective or ren...

Hello BP! As I am continuing to work on a real estate investing plan I began wondering what DIY skills my team and I should learn to do. What do you feel are the top 3 skills to do yourself rather than hiring a contra...

I live up in the Bay Area, have a nice job and a wonderful house, but still with a wife and two young kids, feels like you can't get ahead here because its so expensive.  Also hard to do any real estate investing when...

Hello everyone,

just starting out in real estate investing and this site which has been a great read by the way.. so I almost fell for the bus tour 30k event in sunny California when I went to Armando's 3 day...