After looking in San Francisco, the East Bay, South of San Francisco, and the North Bay, I decided to invest in the North Bay because the housing prices were still reasonable. Perhaps this is slipping away as well:  I...

What reasons would a buy and hold investor buy a property that doesn't cashflow?

I want to hear your most basic thoughts about buying properties with visible foundation problems. I understand there can be a huge spectrum of problems with consequences varying from "can't play a fair game of marb...

As another test of the new BP file vault, and to give back to the BP community, attached is the spreadsheet I use to evaluate single family house rentals.

In general, the red colored fields are th...

In recent years my mother has, as she said it, gifted me her old house, this process was done without me signing anything and I became the owner of this house that I'm responsible for.  Just within the last year I've ...

Hello!I became an official Real Estate Investor in March 2023 when I decided to keep my primary (at the time) and turn it into a rental. Real Estate Investing was always where I saw myself ending up - it was always a ...

Hi all,My name is William and I currently live/work in Brooklyn, NY. I moved to NYC about 4 years ago, and have been renting so far, but realized financials are much better on the owner-operator side. My goal for my f...

Has anyone been successful at finishing a basement and turning it into a legal or illegal apartment to rent out as extra income? 

Can someone please explain the difference (if there is one) in a Net Listing vs wholesaling?My understanding of a Net Listing:Net Listing provision states that seller will receive a net amount of money (say 150k for t...

I'm looking for some protection against a tenant who will break a lease, especially during the winter months when it might take more than one month to find a replacement tenant. A early termination fee in the lease, w...