I am an engineer by trade and sometimes out of curiosity, I look where I shouldn't have, and this had in the past lead me to some big headaches.

So I have this condo vacant and went around and did a bunch o...

Hello Note People. I just wanted to stop in and share some of my takeaways from the Note Buyer’s Boot Camp held by American Home Preservation in Chicago last week. This post might be useful to newbies like me thinking...

So we're still trying to find the right area to buy our first investment property and time after time we decide we want a place that we can drive to.Obviously LA is out of the race, so where in about a 6 hour drive ra...

I've seen very many posts here on BP from foreign nationals on how different (and often frustrating) the US banking system is, compared to their own. Non US citizens have meager institutional options when seeking to f...

So I am meeting with the commercial division of my local bank tomorrow. They have done my last three conventional loans, and with my primary residence I am at the limit for 20% down easy money.  My loan officer said t...

Finally found a tenant who pays her rent on time, but now she wants to move out when lease is up due to  heating cost. It's her first winter there and propane heat costs 2 tanks a month ($230 a tank).  there is also e...

Hi BP..Just wanted to see what people thought of this idea:Problem - Out of state investor OR someone who has a different primary resident wants to sell home but has deferred maintenance to the tune of 30 or 40K. OWNE...

I have had a real estate investment model in my head for a while and would like to hear other peoples opinion on it, since there may be something I am missing or not seeing. I thought the model up as a way to both hel...