Just got burned on a flip. Did a cash out refi on my property to pay back some hard money that is due and banked on an appraisal without researching the market value. Appraisal fell short. Profit will still be made wh...

Hello all,I found this great property on sale near a college (great area to rent out to students). It is a duplex with probably a quarter acre to it. The only thing though is that the 2 units are a 2/1 and he building...

While I was able to amass a good chunk of real estate over the last crisis and had some great successes from connections and learning on BP, I also had lots of challenges along the way! Not all peaches & cream &am...

Hi,I am 24, currently live in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area, just recently graduated college about a year and a half ago and have been fortunate enough to land a job in my career field (accounting). Now that I have pret...

Hi everyone, my name is Asma and I’m new BP member :)I have been an IT consultant for the last 9 years, and bought my first rental property last year in Austin, TX.  I live in DC, but spend a lot of my time in TX, whi...

My wife (@Elizabeth Wilson) and I bought and remodeled a laundromat in Memphis last September.  I was just wondering if there were other laundromat investors also on BP to connect with and share ideas on how to grow a...

Happy Weekend everyone,How do all you DIYers and handy folk and husbands learn how to do all this stuff? I've taken some basic classes in a variety of things just aimed at homeowners doing some repairs and home projec...

Hi BP,
My wife and I are looking to start investing in real estate.  She is a corporate lawyer and I am a physician and we realize that we want to be in charge of our own income stream and not at the whim of those ab...

Hi everyone,I just have this thought in my head and I would like to get some feedback from others on the idea since I am a beginner. In my search for properties I am seeing a pattern of diminishing returns on rents as...

hey everybody! I'm not able to get on here as much as I would like. I work full time and don't have much time, I made my mind up about real estate awhile ago. I was just curious about something I've thought about in t...