About 3 months ago I purchased a commercial building in East Providence RI. This is about a 3500 SF footprint, on 3 levels, including the basement. The intention of this property is to move my architecture firm into &...

Hey BP - I'm a 28 year old living just outside of Denver. My short term goal is to buy a home for a personal residence. My long term is to build equity and an income portfolio through rental properties. With the Denve...

I am looking at buying my first property, OOS to be exact. I currently live in California and I am looking more in the Midwest and east areas. I am trying to get started as I have been told about getting an LLC, Busin...

To any active investors in the Seattle area, as you know, we live in a hot seller's market (King County) where the cheapest duplex you'll see is asking at least $500k +. My question today is, even with an FHA loan, in...

Hello BP world!My name is Dylan from NJ I am excited about everything I'm reading on the forums and blogs from all you great members. I am preparing myself for my first investment and pre-approve myself for a mortgage...

Greetings BP,
Has anyone used a self-directed IRA to invest in RE? If so, what was your experience? I'm considering rolling some or all of my ROTH IRA funds into a self-directed IRA to invest in RE

Hi There,I am looking to by my first house. I will likely live there for a few years, and then keep it as a rental property. At the moment my price range is around 500k. After checking out houses all over Seattle I've...

Hello everyone -- this is my first post here on the BP site.My partner and I are looking into purchasing a boarding house and I wanted to see if anyone else would offer their opinion. The home is located among multi-f...

What are the risks of hiring a contractor who is not insured?

I’m currently in the Baltimore market and looking for some of the benefits to buying in the hood. There’s a large inventory of properties and higher cap rates plus we’ve seen what happened in philly and I definitely d...