Just finished listening to podcast #278 in which Charles Roberts was interviewed.  He said he was a "boring" investor.  I really connected with his style of buying and paying off real estate.  (As opposed to flips or ...

I am starting to research flipping and was wondering what are ALL of my options for loans, so far I have read up on hard money loans but I was also wondering if hard money lenders offer hard money loans that roll in t...

I'm confused about the numbers. Specifically, what a reasonable COC ROI for a first-time buyer? I'm not handy and cannot take on a massive rehab. It seems like if I buy at the retail price my COC return will be negati...

I have someone who had no license when doing work for me, and now has a handyman's license organizing and subcontracting work on my flip. Initially, I told him that I may have to wait to pay him $15000 for work done u...

I am negotiating the purchase of a well located home on the SF peninsula. As it stands, it is a 2BR 1.5BA, 1,020SF home on a 5,000 SF lot. It is currently a rental that needs some TLC.Purchase price will be approx. ...

Hello BP,I currently work with a Bay Area Wholesaler, and soon I hope to start up my own wholesaling business in order to raise funds for investing. Here is my concern: I am not confident there are many motivated sell...

So, the title really says it all. Am i wasting my time looking at foreclosure properties? I get that some properties can sell for much less, but just for the sake of this discussion,  I'm referring to foreclosures tha...

Hello. This is probably not as much of a success story as I often see here but... To me, this is big. We bough the property at the end of 2015. All cash. $54k with closing costs. Owner occupied. We renovated it big ti...

Actually, I inherited THREE terrible tenants. But one is causing me more of a pain than the other two put together. Here's the summary of my three tenants:1. The continually late nice guy - artist. living paycheck to ...

Out of the blue I am receiving messages about a company called Strongbrook and how great they are and that I should refer all of my clients to this great and ethical company. Seriously, that was the message. I have ...