So here's the 500.00 question, Michigan seems to have some serious issues right now. You can buy a 1400 square foot home in the murder capital of the world for right around 1000.00Has anyone done this and made money? ...

BP member Scott Hubbard posted the Freddie Mac link below in another thread but after reading it, I thought it was important enough to highlight it on its own. To me, it was pretty eye-opening as to what Freddie (and...

I met with an electrician about upgrading and updating all the electrical at my house.
He sent me the quote the next day and I agreed.
That evening he turned up at my house to collect $500 cash to buy materials.
I sai...

I'm hoping someone can help provide some clarity to me regarding the right of redemption law in Alabama.Say a property is foreclosed and sold back to the bank on the courthouse steps.  The bank turns around and sells ...

Today, I read only two blog posts on BP, and BOTH were about the same subject.  Getting Started in RE investing, essentially. I believe there are very real, and many imagined impediments to would-be, aspiring Real Est...

Im the type of guy who likes to understand both sides of an argument. I recently have been talking to different brokers here in Maryland and I get what seems to be the same statement."We don't allow our agents to perf...

Hi BP,I am scrambling right now to make the right offer in the right way by tomorrow noon. I am in the nor cal market and the house has ARV 360 so I figure my max offer allowable is 360-(55k repairs)-(my 10k wholesale...

First-Time Home Buyer: The Complete Playbook for Avoiding Rookie Mistakes is available now!

@Mindy Jensen and @Scott Trench have been buying and selling houses for a collective thirty years. In First-Time Home Buye...