I live and work in Jacksonville, FL and have noticed over the last several months a huge influx of out of area investors. One buyer has bought over 100 homes here recently and rented them out. I researched some of t...

For years, there have been claims that short-term rentals take away housing supply from renters and homebuyers and, as a result, inflate rents and home prices in nearby areas. But new data is saying something very, ve...

Hello, would you buy a house that the son killed his mom and burnt the house down to flip?

Here are the numbers:

Purchase Price - $50k
Rehab Cost - $60-65k
ARV - $220-250k

There is a lot of room here, but I have ne...

My wife and I have gone around and around on different approaches to get into real estate investing. So today she shows me the We Buy Ugly Houses franchise. It's 50k to get a franchise and what you get is 2weeks trai...

I own a triplex in Cleveland, and it's my first investment property. We closed mid-January. I posted before about our terrible property management company. That was in March. In May, it was acquired by another well-kn...

Calling Washington Investors:Rental and home price ratios are currently abysmal in the place we call home. Not to mention, interest rates are the highest they've been in the past 10 years. I'm curious if anyone has co...

Update - Kris Thomas has now really crossed lines here. I was a student in the course and upon realizing their promises were not fulfilled and they were breaching their contract I requested to renegotiate. When my ame...

Hello, my property management company has not been able to place a tenant for last 3 months. I bought this turn key property in Kansas City, MO, few months back. Property was previously rented but the tenant was evi...

This is my first rental property and trying to learn the ropes. I would appreciate any feedback.The property is rented for 1200 a month. Husband, wife and 3 kids.  They are getting divorced and husband has moved out. ...

1.0 IntroductionI really enjoy reading other investors' diaries of their stories. I always learn a thing or two from what they did right and what they did wrong. It is also what led to my first diary on BP - I want to...