I attended a REIA meeting in the area I'm looking to invest in and one landlord stated "any vacant house in this area will have it's copper piping stolen. Groups mark their territory by leaving a brick in the middle ...

Spring of 2010.We (my father and I) purchased a home in the Inland Empire of Southern California. It was a brand new 3Bed 2Ba SFH that was listed at an unbelievably low price. A little backstory on this property; this...

I am in a bit of a pickle; I am deciding how to achieve my goal of owning buy and hold real estate. My current job doesn't bring in a lot of money and I am trying to figure out if I should just go to college and get a...

Hi BP! I wanted to share my rookie mistake. We have purchased two SFH with inherited tenants. The first was in February and the second this past month. While we were closing on the second rental, we did a new lease fo...

I found an HVAC tech online who had 64/64 five-star reviews on Google Maps. There was nothing but praise for him, so I gave him a shot. He diagnosed my problem as a faulty control board. He quoted me $700 for the boar...

Hi B/P family,So what if you were about 95% complete on a flip and you needed about 4k to complete, what would you do besides private money? Its a bit of a dilemma because you've made it this far and you dont want to ...

I'm. Probably looking at a loss on my first flip considering realtor fees. If there were no realtor fees, walla, I'm profitable. Is that a reason to just do fsbo? Seems really sucks to hand over all your profit and gi...

I'm buying a small duplex that needs 20k work, not including labor. I'll be doing the work. Do I do a SOW, just to learn how or do I just track the expenses and hours of labor?  When I say, "I", I'm referring to my ...

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I am a new real estate investor looking to purchase my first deal. I have spent a lot of time reading, watching webinars, listening to podcasts, educating myself and learning how to evaluate deals. I currently pa...

I received a phone call from a tenant who is moving out at the end of the month saying the recent plumber I sent out to the property has stolen his tools.  I highly doubt the plumber is guilty of this acquisition, how...