I've been seeing a lot of folks around BP that seem to be here with the express purpose of quitting their jobs to invest in real estate. The problem that I see, however, is that many of them seem to think that they ca...

Do apartment buildings appreciate in the same way single-family homes do, only at a lower percentage, or is the value of the building at the time of sale based solely on NOI and cap rate? I'm working on a long-term bu...

Hello All, I've been reading a ton lately about real estate and I have been asking questions to everyone that I know that own property, but I still have a ton to learn. I have been eager to invest, but haven't quite f...

We own a duplex in an expensive hillside neighborhood in Los Angeles. The house behind us, which has a very large lot and we share a long property line with, is for sale. If we purchased we would own almost a half acr...

In much of the research I have done I have been struggling to find rental properties that are going to be able to cash flow well in this economy. I am looking at investing for the long term and am okay with getting in...

I just enrolled in my companie's 403B tax deferered retirement "match" program. I don't plan to wait that long to retire. I am serious about using real estate as a tool to escape the life of being a paid slave. I just...

If there's one thing I learnt from the massive crash of CRE in 2023(and 2024) is that "Do not become passive investors". WHen you are passive investor, you become the dumb money , your money is being misused or misman...

Hi BP friends!We have a family (2 parents + 1 kid) who are renting from one of our SFRs.  Their lease is currently expected to end in mid-May but they are also building a house (we knew this coming into the lease) whi...

I just finished @Scott Trench's Set for Life (as you can no doubt tell from how often I reference it) and I had a thought/question I'd like to put to everyone. What do you think about using a Roth IRA as a component o...