I’m not saying all, but the majority scoff at the idea of putting in a lowball for you. Does it give them a bad rap or something I’m not aware of since I’m not an agent? I agree in some markets it’s not appropriate b...

Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...

I asked a realtor to present my offer to the seller on a short sale property he has listed, but he refused he said he won’t submit an offer for less than the asking price. The property has been listed for almost a y...

This may be a basic quesstion, but I'm in the beginning stages of researching for my first investment property. For liability purposes, all of my properties will be owed by a corporation that I'll be setting up. ...

I have been on the lookout for a vacation rental management company to purchase for a few months now. I have been looking at listings on bizquest and bizbuysell, but have not found any that are super interesting yet.O...

I spoke to a real estate friend of mine and he gave me the low-down and difficulty of dealing with REO brokers.

The bottom line is that these reo brokers only deal with a select crop of investors. Newbies need not ...

Was having fun with a skid steer moving dirt around.  Monotonous and let my mind wander to the topic of Scaling, while driving.   Filling in a low spot just preparing if we decide to build next year.  Love doing cheap...

Just wanted to share the results of our first rental refinance / delayed financing. My husband and I are in our first year of our real estate investing career. Hope to encourage some of the newer people here. There ar...

I have been a BP student for a couple of years now.  I have worked OT, sold my stuff on EBay, worked extra for a landscaper.  I now have 15k saved up for investment. STOP!!! She wants to fix up the house we live in, m...