I live in Long Island, NY, where hideous shacks cost half a million and only rent for $2000 a month, so I am excited about investing long distance. (My first investment duplex in NY metro is cashflow negative-I hadn't...

This house barely cash flows. I worry about it being near the peak especially in LV due to the looming recession. With 85k involved in closing, it isn't an ideal time to buy if the market turns against me and I can bu...

This was a convo my family had around the dinner table last night as some are leasing and some are buying their car. I was wondering what the BP community thought about leasing a car. Lets make the assumption that you...

There are a lot of investors who do seller financing and I would like to sell some of the properties I acquire under my own financing terms as well. My question is: how do you do that and comply with Dodd Frank, which...

I was browsing through the forums and came across a thread started by a landlord in Portland, Oregon. Long story short, I discovered that Portland requires their Landlords to give tenants a 90 day notice anytime they ...

I'm a relatively new private investor and have begun experimenting with the crowdfunding sites, to get into a wider variety of deals at a lower contribution if the terms and restrictions turn out to be viable, or a...

I mentioned in a separate post over a year ago that I had bought some tax liens through PIP East and was hopeful on the prospect of obtaining a property that way. My experience was an example of "be careful what you w...

I recently purchased a 4 unit off market building for $231,000. It was originally listed on the MLS. The numbers in my eyes weren’t terrible so I requested a showing. The realtor wasn’t very helpful and the seller wou...

Hello All,
I'm just curious. Will getting solar add any value, marketing and/or rental value to your SFH rental? Is it worth doing?
I can see it may add some marketing value but that's it. Curious if other have done...

Hello everyone.  I've been doing some research on Lead Propeller, reading forum post on BP about it, etc., and I'm just about 100% sure that I want to switch my two websites over to them.  However, most of the reviews...