First time trying to rent my primary residence and was wondering if the lender will find out when I change the insurance type from home owner's to Rental type.

If they do find out, will that create any realis...

Hi,I am purchasing a property without a buyers agent- I would like the sellers agent to pay a portion of the commission either back into the owners pocket or into my closing cost and down payment.  What the best way t...

Straight to the point3bd 1bath SFH listed at 55k estimated value at 95kIf it seems too good to be true, It probably is ... "Prior to seller receipt & approval of the full title package from foreclosure title to pr...

Hey Guys,
I'm trying to scope out places to invest in Pennsylvania. I've traveled to Harrisburg, Allentown, Scranton and It's getting a bit overwhelming. Having a hard time focusing on a specific market. I thought H...

What a great site this is! I thank my wonderful accountant and CPA for turning me on to BP. I am a beyond full time ;0) Realtor in the San Francisco Bay Area and a very proud native to the Peninsula...born and rais...

Hi BP,This is a long overdue intro post. I'm Ryan and I'm a victim of recency bias. See the thing is we all either got slaughtered personally or had friends/family get slaughtered in 2009 when that once in every ~70-y...

I had heard about tenants like this, but these are the first ones of my own. The Constant Complaint tenants. I just sat down to make a list of the many complaints they have expressed to me in the past year of their te...

I put the following tirade together to show my friend how real estate beats the market (equities, stocks). The scenario below is the actual property I purchased last year. Please let me know if I'm off on my assumpt...

I'm new so maybe you just need to point me somewhere, but here's my question: How do you get the Lender to take the Property!! It's been 20 months since our previous renters left it needing extensive cosmetic repair...

My contractor says he charges $1000 a day for a crew of three plus materials of my picking. He gave me general # of day estimates room by room. It's difficult to get a contractor to even look at a house if you don't a...