For the past couple of weeks I have been browsing this site and I decided I want to pursue REI.  My first decision I need to make is that I need to buy a home for my wife and I.  We would like to find a house to settl...

All I ever hear on BP is that networking and meeting other investors is the best way to start your real estate career. I don't personally know any investors and was thinking that if getting my real estate licence woul...

First, sorry for the long post. Before I found BP I started investing in SFR's in Phoenix metro area. I bought on the basis of rent covering PITI and thinking I was good. Surprise, surprise, I was not. It has yielded ...

Hi BP community,Let me describe this long story short. So this house I'm buying is a 2-unit small multifamily which I plan on house hacking. It was listed for $850K, and we agreed to $835K purchase during attorney rev...

Looking at this SFH 3bd 2bath , no basement. PP is 175k and comps for the area go at least 240 to 280 for high end homes. Great area with great schools. Already in move in condition, basically rent ready but we want t...

Hi, You probably heard this question many times, but I`m puzzled what should I do. I am working on a loan for a 2-family house in Queens, New York that I`m planning to purchase. After speaking with my mortgage broker,...

Hi BP community!I am a relatively new investor in Fayetteville, NC. My first rental property is a 4 bed, 3 bath single family. Purchase price was $150k and current rent is $1,475. My analysis of the property is as fol...

Saturday night, we received a call while we were out from the guy who rents the basement of our personal residence.  Sewage was backing up into his bathroom and all over the carpet outside the bathroom.  We managed to...

I have a friend that is willing to lend me money for a down payment for my first investment property. My strategy is to buy a house through a short sale, rent it out for two years, then sell the house. I have no ide...

I'm curious - besides the obvious (licensed, bonded, insured, reliable), what in your opinion, as a flip or buy and hold investor, makes a stellar contractor or construction firm? Think about the contractors and firms...