I am a real estate broker and builder here in houston texas and have been in the real estate construction industry for alittle over 10 years. I want to start a real estate investment fund to address a couple things th...

As a General Contractor I know I can build tons of equity into any home, duplex, or multi family that I build. I have too many examples to list. We used to call this “sweat equity”. However, banks these days hate that...

Please read my latest BP Blog: "2 Years Later…From Newbie with $30K to being Full-Time with $600K in equity!!"

I am currently working on the exterior colors of this house I'm rehabbing.  I've included an as-is photo and two photoshopped versions of what I am thinking of going with.  Your thoughts on the to-be would be apprecia...

What are your thoughts of not giving a phone number in direct mail, but rather sending them to a website to answer some questions?

I am an older newbie looking at possibilities.  Want to keep things simple as I am closing in on retirement and want to supplement earnings.   Corporate background and trained in accounting  

These forums always have some different insights, and I have a rather complicated hypothetical scenario I'd like to run by everyone. This is a question about the benefits of annexation, vs. subdividing some land. This...

Have you ever paid to have a "clean-out" entrenched outside?

It's going to involve an excavator & I am quite scared about the bill.

I bought a great rental property except that is has roots in the plumbing/sewer...

Tenant wants to buy rental, but low ball $240,000 offer on our $300,000 listing. Question is, wondering how to show tenant $60,000 of value to get our $300,000? I'm trying to brainstorm an idea to hold a note wit...

Is House hacking worth it? Getting an FHA loan on 3.5% down with an interest rate of 3.5%, usually shows a cash flow below $500. I did some calculations and with a $450,000 Fourplex, and a rent collection of $3,458, y...