Hello all. First time poster, long time lurker. Investing for nine years. I own two duplexes in SW FL that I purchased with conventional financing. My debt-to-income ratio is tapped (49.8%) from my lenders perspective...

Hello! We are new homeowners, new to this site and have just started on the path of REI. We bought a house in Mt. Washington (Pittsburgh) in June 2017 through a Fannie Mae HomeStyle Renovation Loan. We first made an ...

I just read an article by Brandon Turner about how to start investing at a young age. Loved it! Total motivation booster!

First flip was a live-in flip which is exactly what I want to do for my first inve...

Hello! I generally get good feedback on here and this is a situation that is a bit odd so I figure this is the spot for it. Got our first investment house under contract! Did a really low ball offer, had the owners co...

Hello BP Community,I've been on the house hacking train for quite a while and for the most part it's worked out very well for me. However, I've recently discovered that the new housemates I have are terrible. They've ...

Hello BP Community,
I'm researching my first direct mailing here in Northern Virginia. In addition to being a beginner investor I'm also a new real estate agent and want to send postcards to all the homes in my subdi...

The new tax law made it so that the gain on the sale of personal property can no longer be deferred through a 1031 exchange (1031s can now only be used for real property).Likewise, the new tax law made cost segregatio...

As things with real estate are starting to pick up for me I'm now getting to a position where I could feasibly have more than one project running at a time and am trying to look at options for how best to keep these s...

Acquired our first rental property and working to attract a qualified tenant. The rental is listed on Facebook and Zillow: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/102-S-30th-St-Harrisburg-... We have had 3 showings but hav...

My tenant has called me twice already for things broken in the rental house. About 2 weeks ago, the facuet of the bath tub not working and water won't shut completely. I just paid $600 to fix it by a plumber. Then tod...