If you could offer one word of caution. If you could help save the new real estate investor from making a huge mistake that could cost them thousands or even their business...Just one word of caution, based on your ow...

I don't understand people who are long term tenants, and the logic behinds it bothers me. They are paying monthly rent to other people, which doesn't make sense to me. If they have money to pay rent each month for lon...

My wife and I are split 50/50 on wether or not to pay off all our existing debt such as student loans and auto payments before we take on more debt to invest into real estate, or we begin saving to buy our first renta...

I’ve been personally investing in tax lien certificates lately.
If you don’t know what tax liens are, basically when a landowner or homeowner fails to pay the taxes on their property, a tax lien certificate is issued...

Hi guys. I'm in the process of purchasing a property, but I just realized it has negative cash flow when I factor in the maintenance and vacancies. However, I think one of the main reasons it has negative cash flow is...

I recently purchased a 1402 Sq ft condo in Charlestown MA. I knew the condo association was reviewing bids  for an upcoming exterior paint job and repairing rotted wood. After closing on the condoI asked if they could...

I love to see the success stories on BP, but it’s also important to learn from mistakes in the past – and better to learn from someone else’s mistake than your own! Without sounding negative, lets spill some of our...

Hello investing friends! My very first "flip" went live on MLS today. What a great learning experience and it was definitely very different than what I've seen on HGTV. :) Nonetheless I LOVED the process.Before/after ...

Hello BP!    I have a client that owns a rental home here in San Diego since the 70's she is ready to do a 1031 exchange and will have 400k after sell.  She is retirement age and doesn't want to deal with property man...

Hey folks - I'm thinking of switching up how I do my checking accounts for my rental properties and I'd love to hear from some of you who have multiple different properties. Right now - we run most of the income/expen...