[b]I have read a lot of posts here and I am pleasantly surprised to see a place on the internet where professionals are willing to share their knowledge. Here is some info to give you a little background about me. I a...

I know that it is possible to purchase real estate using a self directed 401k using a variety of strategies, either purchasing in full or partnering with “yourself” outside of the 401k to purchase the property. Howeve...

Hi all,My name is Drew Sukovich and I live in the San Francisco Bay area.  New member here with little to no experience in real estate investing other than purchasing my own home about 20 years ago and going through t...

I'm in a situation I haven't experienced before and looking for some input.My father owns 5 undeveloped acres on Long Beach Washington.  He was originally looking to sell it but I approached him with the idea of dropp...

Hello!First time poster and newbie REI. My husband and I have been trying to get into REI for almost a year now. While the market is a bit nuts now (thanks @MarcusAuerbach for your excellent market updates!), even if ...

Im selling my personal home and decided to for sale by owner (one week on market) and Ive had some interest just of listing on zillow, postlet. I listed this $235K property for 226K as I wasnt planning on paying listi...

Hi Everyone! I'm located in Maryland equidistant from Baltimore & Washington D.C. Growing up, I was the property manager for my parents' apartment buildings in NYC & was forced to serve eviction notices to ten...

After 16 years of being in business its safe to say that going cheap isn’t always a smart move. Theres a difference between looking high and low for the most rock bottom prices from contractors that God him self could...

Hello BP, I am a part-time real estate investor in the Baltimore, MD area. I have wanted to do a post of my REI successes for quite some time. First, I really want to thank the BP community for being so supportive an...

There is a property I was looking at priced at $875,000. It was appraised at $1,200,000 and that was with a 25% occupancy. The building was previously used for several businesse offices. The zoing was changed to resid...