My wife, @Sara Hodge, and I have been on BP for around 6 months now.  We own our primary residence in Orange County, California, but due to the high prices, we decided to invest out of state.  We now own two rentals (...

I’m looking at a great deal in a not great neighborhood. Not great as in lower income, higher crime, and from what I can tell driving through, mostly African American neighborhood. Should I avoid this area all togethe...

We are getting a lot of new members - many of which haven't uploaded pics yet, meaning post after post of stock icons! PLEASE, take a minute and upload your pic - If you just don't want your personal pic online for...

Hello everyone,Newbie investor here with 2 rental properties under my belt. Now that i've been bitten by the bug I'm ready to keep going. I want to do the best planning ahead that I can. From all that I have read here...

I have experience with working class and lower income areas. But what about ghetto, warzone areas. A lot of burned out buildings, people using/selling drugs all over the place, frequent shootings (almost one a week it...

My name is Michael Kantar I'm 14 years old and many of you may know me from the past, anyways I have a new question for all of you here! I'm going to be getting started in real estate by doing wholesaling with a pers...

As a new investor looking to invest out of state, I'm finding it very difficult to know when a deal is actually a deal. I have spent a lot of time tracking the MLS, Zillow, redfin etc. and reading up on the varying ne...

BEFORE I FORK OVER MY HARD MONEY I WANT TO KNOW IF THESE PEOPLE ARE REAL OR ARE THEY JUST TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM US SOMEBODY TELL ME WHO IS REAL AND SHOULD I INVEST IN HOUSE FLIPPING