Me and my two buddies just jumped into real estate investment and are thinking of trying out a house hacking strategy. We all have regular W2 jobs, and we'd love some tips on how to make the most of it. Any advice wou...

Just viewed this property today, seems like it could be a good first investment property.The property is currently unoccupied, advertised as 1295/unit, I used 1200 to hedge a little.  It is listed for sale at 199k, I ...

This might warrant some raised eyebrows but I always asked myself the same question: If real estate is a great way to become wealthy, why isn't everyone doing it?Now I'm not saying investing in real estate is easy, be...

Hello BP Folks, What is your cutoff for cash flow per door? This is more of a poll. No need for explanation or rationalization but feel free to elaborate if you like.

I am fairly certain I am asking a legal question- and ironically I am a lawyer (not in this area though!)... just wondering if someone can point me in the right direction or perhaps encountered this.Just found one of ...

I'm looking for some good websites to use for finding comps. I found

http://www.domania.com/homepricecheck/index.jsp
http://realestate.yahoo.com/re/homevalues/

Are there others that you can recommend?

Hello everyone. I am purchasing my first investment property in two weeks and was wondering what are your top 5 rules/policies/terms that you like to include in your lease agreement (that aren't found in the typical l...

First time poster, long time reader. I find the information here amazing. I am completely new to this business, but feel I have studied a good amount about real estate investing.

A friend of mine has been doing real ...

I am against:The simple fact it will kill small business and jobs.

Ive had my town home rented out since March and this is my first experience being a landlord. I did screening through Zillow Rental Manager and got my rental agreement from BP. Ive picked up rent several times in cash...