If you were going to be an investor in a spec home building project (either one or a few SFR's or townhomes) what types of due diligence would you do?  What are the top questions you would be asking the sponsors to mi...

Hi BP, I'm looking to start a private equity fund where I intend to take accredited investors money and lend bridge/construction loan to small/mid sized single family builders. 1.As I stated before, i will only use ac...

I spoke to my lawyer last week and he suggested using a RELEASE contract at the end of and Lease Option deals. The release would be signed buy everyone involved in order to make sure the lease option tenet was clear ...

I'm thinking about getting into student housing rentals but I was wondering if there is a market for them? How is it compared to regular rentals.

Hello all,

I've been browsing this forum for a long time but this is my first post. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Ok so like many of you I've been investing in short sales and buying under a land tru...

There is a provision for a 3.8% tax on real estate sold beginning in a couple years as part of health care bill! I did try to verify with snopes. It was confusing and only discussed in terms of owner occupied sale. Di...

So I currently own a 4 unit rental that nets about 32k and cash price was 360k.
I have about 600k left in cash to invest and was considering a 16 unit apartment. The idea is to get only one property instead of sever...

Hey BP!  I have an interesting scenario I wanted to run by the forums, as I'm sure some of you have dealt with it before.  I plan on consulting with legal professionals about this, but wanted to throw it out there in ...

Hi all,

I own 4 mortgaged properties and 3 properties for cash. I am interested in doing a cash-out refinance for 1 or 2 of the properties I own for cash. Unfortunately, I am having a terribly difficult time findin...

From a tax perspective, after consulting a CPA friend, these are pretty much the same. At this point I want to start up and incorporate but am unsure the legal differences.

I am forming a partnership (two people me a...