Hi,First post at BP! My wife is sick of talking to me about investing, so hopefully I can become more involved in this community, and safe my wife her sanity! hahI read this article today (January home sales give rise...

I own a 115 year old house that was converted into a duplex when a 2nd unit was added upstairs in the 90s. It was not done well, there is a hodgepodge of 'handyman/diy" work throughout, and I'm trying to decide if we ...

Hello all..I have two eviction scenarios. I know you guys can't provide legal advice. I'm just looking to see what others have done.1) The first tenant is in rehab and I followed the Notice to quit, had the hearing an...

Just wondering what the correct way is to handle business overhead expenses for my rental properties when it's time to account for those expenses at tax time? (i.e. cost for business PO box, Quickbooks, miscellaneous ...

Hi BP Bay Area community. New investor here. I am trying to figure out the best way to leverage lending to buy additional properties. I have 2 properties with lots of equity (estimated: 800K). I looked into convention...

I've read on here a bit, but I would like to know what is a standard rate for a newbie getting a HML. From looking on the internet I see tons of advertisements saying 8-12%, 2 to 5 points, 6 months to 7 years. Bu...

I am a mortgage note investor and end up with a fair number of non-performing notes.  A percentage of these will turn in to REOs.  I typically sell my REOs off-market for cash to investors or on-market in the conventi...

We've been investing for the last 13 years in solid buy and hold quality rentals in Ontario CanadaI'm wondering how we can protect ourselves from mini grow ops in our apartments once it becomes legal to grow 4 plants ...

Saw this news today and decided to share it on here.  The story is still developing but I think those who seek to do wraps, especially folks in the state of Texas, since that is where this is, should pay attention to ...

Is there anything you want me to tell the National Association of Realtors about short sales? I'm not sure if Josh will allow me to mention another forum on BP, but I'm in an interesting discussion on LinkedIn, The N...