Considering buying my first rental property in Dallas that is listed at 1600 sq ft. According to county records the property is only 864 sq ft, so additions to property are unpermitted. Seems like a red flag to me, bu...

I've done a couple of flips, but I don't know much at all about buying land and building on it from scratch.

Just came across a potential opportunity to purchase about an 10,000 sq ft of land in LA County. Th...

Hello everyone. Based on the feedback we received in another deal diary, which you can find here, @Bill Labrecque and I decided to chronicle a 2-family rehab we are currently doing in Bristol, Connecticut.Here are the...

We're closing on our 4th rental tomorrow. We've bought one each year since 2015. When we bought the first one I was so overwhelmed with excitement and terror that it was hard to sleep for days. Would I fail? Would I s...

Hi all,Wanted to share my new (and second) project I've been working on since October 1st. As a background, I'm a general handyman and my father in law is a retired contractor.  I previously renovated my duplex (which...

Two years ago I brought property management in house in my business.  I made this decision after I realized that property managers don't work for me. Instead, they work for themselves.  Sometimes our interests interse...

Hi all, My name is Lyle and I am new to BP. I’ve been wanting to get into real estate investing for the last several years. I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit and a drive for investing. I currently live in Sant...

Hi all, I recently purchased a duplex in Memphis, TN that was occupied. This duplex is in a good neighborhood near Rhodes college. Rents are below market due to long term tenants being in place, and both leases expire...

I would like to start a discussion over the pros and cons of investing in MO vs IL.  I am considering both.  Topics to discuss could be asset protection, landlord/tenant law, market stability, honestly anything.

Hello all, I've currently analyzed a fix and flip, and am working on getting hard money to move forward with, but I would appreciate your thoughts on the deal.It's a SFR, ranch, ~900 ft^2, 2 bd/1 ba, with an unfinishe...