Hello Everyone,I'm a fairly new real estate agent in the Bay Area, CA. My brokerage recently had a quick presentation on how having an interest rate buydown vs. a sales price reduction could be beneficial to both sell...

I have been trying to get started in investing in RE in Canada. I want to go over all the info I have and see if people have suggestions on what else might be available or what I can do to make better decisions. There...

First time investor here that is feeling pretty stuck.. we want to get started in one way or the other with lot of different approaches and advice out there. We hired a tax advisor and were told to get an STR this yea...

I saw @james wise thread on the fires in general but here are some other thoughts now that this has grown , I think it's important and very interesting...a) What will happen with CA insurance? They already lost some m...

Hi BP Community!  I'm very happy to be a part of BP.  I'm new to the BP forums and have been catching up on the Podcasts, which are awesome.  I'm 36 years old and just changed my career to real estate.  I am working a...

I'm working on buying a multifamily property in Virginia. I'm stationed here for another year and a half and then I'm on my way to the west coast. I originally planned and have accounted for a property manager to take...

I've been asked to pay $1,365.00 for Appraisal fee, loan origination and processing fees before loan can be sent to underwriting. It's a 6 month fix and flip loan at 8.65% plus 3 points in and 2 out. It's my first dea...

Hello BP,I am debating what I should do to maximize my real estate investments and need some help. Here is the situation:My girlfriend and I currently own 2 single family rentals in Vancouver WA. The 1st house cash fl...

I'm a newbie from CA trying to invest in my first rental property in TX or some other states with healthy RE market (good cash flow and landlord friendly). After doing a lot of research, I heard a lot of different opi...

Hello BP, 
I joined this week and new to real estate investing - rental is the way I want to go. I found a 8 unit apartment building  $400k and have about 40k to use. Learned at the webinar this week that I need 20% ...