This is the most basic budget question.  My wife and I use Mint.com to track our finances and we just finished sitting down and looking at our spending for the year.  This gives a really good place to start for a budg...

Hi, my name is Lauren and I am new to BP.  My husband and I started doing research and looking at properties in the Big Bear Lake area.  We have so many questions and we want to see what you guys think:1 - Condo vs Ca...

I am a relatively new investor that has gotten my feet wet by using my own savings to buy my first deal.  The deal was just okay, and now that I have the education of how to actually evaluate, buy, and rent a single f...

Hello everyone! First I wanted to say thank you to everyone for reading my first post and all of your years of amazing contributions on BP. I have already learned a tremendous amount from you and this is only my firs...

In November of 2014 we had the wife of a husband-wife tenant pair inform our property manager she would be moving out. She included a letter signed by her husband stating he assumed all liability for the property. The...

Hello! Hope everyone is staying healthy and sane.
I am exploring Chattanooga and want to find a good cash flow rental property (buy & hold) in this market. I am trying to find more information on the specific reg...

Afternoon everyone, This is my first post in the community! I wanted to know if my plan was feasible. A little about me: I am an nontraditional undergrad student at the state school here about to finish my degree. I w...

Hi there - posting this up real quick as I have  a duplex with one unit vacant real close to the Air base here in town - LOTS of construction going on there and I was put in touch with a contractor who has a 3 year co...

Had my house for 2 years, just switched over to a 15 year mortgage.  My house I rent out is on year 1 of a 15 year mortgage.  $107,000 left on mortgage, house is worth $150,000.  I use a service to find renters and ta...

Hey Everybody!As I've been doing my research and reading through posts here on the forums I have found that the following are the best banks and/or credit unions in the Minneapolis, MN area to work with.Sunrise banksF...