Jonathan Dempsey
Tell your househack success story
For those of you house hackers out there, could you provide the numbers to your deals? What makes a house hack successful in your opinion?What are reasonable expectations of a househack? I have done a house hack t...
Karen Wirkala
Newbie question: Keep or sell house in Seattle?
Hey folks,Total newbie here. I am an accidental landlord wishing to be an intentional one. I own a SFH in an upper middle-class area of NE Seattle. It used to be my family’s primary home but after having kids we mo...
Chris Krivanek
Total FUBAR title situation. Need big help.
Ok, so my girlfriend's dad just passed in Kansas City. He owned a home jointly with his 86 year old mother (or so we thought). First of all, he had no will. Overall he didn't have much anyway, so not too big o...
Charles Stubblebine
Raising Rent
Hello,I rent out the first house I bought. I have had the same renters since May of 2014, almost two years. I have charged them $1400 a month and never raised the rent. I would love to get some feedback from this comm...
Jeff Wallenius
How to find profitable multifamily properties
With the New Year approaching I'm looking to grow my real estate portfolio in 2015. I've decided I would like to pursue Multifamily Real Estate. I plan to use my profits from rehabbing homes (goal of 25-30 flips thi...
Tiffany Campbell
New kid on the block from Brooklyn
Hi All, My name is Tiffany. I'm new to BP and real estate investing. I am born and raised in NYC and while it's an amazing place to grow up, it's not exactly ideal for small investors like myself. Houses on my gentri...
Melvin Flory
BOA Scammmed Me into Default, Who Will Refinance Me with $60,000 Equity
I became permanently, totally disabled from 26 years of Federal service in January of 2007. Remained current for approximately 1.5 years, middle of 2008. Bank of America/Countrywide told me I had to be 3 months behind...
Brian Tremaine
Forecast of RE market? Thoughts?
I'd be very interested in everyone's thoughts on where the RE market is heading in the next 10 years, primarily in current hot markets.The SF Bay Area, as well as others, have shown a dramatic increase in both market ...
Chris Harrington
How a foreclosed 4-plex turned into 43 units!
We have been investing for a number of years in KC and I have followed many of the success stories here on BP and thought I would contribute one of ours. Its quite long but I hope instructive.In late winter 2010 my p...
Ram Srinivasan
Process in Canada
Hi Canadian BPsFor Judicial sale Foreclosures (I am in Alberta), can anyone advise step by step on how the foreclosure process works? Even if you can direct me to some trustworthy links, I would appreciate it!Thanks,Ram