In my lovely area of Seattle, the city council and the entire state government here are socialists. I live in the People's Republic of Seattle. The liberal government here believes that it is evil to make a profit.1) ...

Does anyone have any thoughts on my current perspective: Properties have appreciated at a crazy rate in a short amount of time. Interest rates have since increased and may stay that way or go higher for the forseeable...

Just curious to see if anyone has started a tiny house community.  I am thinking about developing one and was going to use the mobile home park concept as a model.  I've done some preliminary research and looked at wh...

I'm a first-time investor based in Seattle with about $80k cash to spend on a buy and hold rental property. The Seattle real estate market seems like a tough one to break into. Other locations or options I've consider...

My wife and I purchased a single family 3BR 2 bath home for 75,000 in the Midwest at 4.75%. We can pay it off in 2 yrs or rent out @850month. Why not pay it off?  I get that we have more dumped in but to pay it off in...

I live in Los Angeles and am new to real estate investing. I have about $100K saved up and am able to save $4k/month. My goal is to build a large enough portfolio to live off of (I'm still in college). I'm interested ...

I've been investing in real estate from afar (accredited investor) for years, but I now want to get into owning properties myself.  I'm <5 years from retiring, so in this time period, I'd like to build a portfolio ...

Hey everyone. Just wanted to share my success. It is a 32 unit apartment located in Dallas. It was built in 1983 and features 14 one bedrooms and 18 two bedrooms. The kicker about this property is that each apa...

Since I signed up for my BP membership, I have been pretty diligent about trying to evaluate at least a few properties every day.  Originally, just to get reps in I was utilizing the rental calculator for everything j...

I originally started writing about real estate because I wanted to hold myself accountable for my what I was doing, because I wanted to learn from my own mistakes and because I wanted to help others keep from making t...