Hello All:I am REI newbie looking to build a successful portfolio. Being in Miami, I am aware of the aggressive real estate climate, but still believe I can be successful here. That said, I'm trying to figure out how ...

Investors please do yourself a favor and talk to and seek guidance on your rehab / remodeling work from experienced and knowledgeable General Contractors or even a Home Inspector with construction background. I've ins...

Hi Socal Investors,I came across a distressed/vacant home while driving for dollars in the southern California (socal), Los angeles county area. I was able get a hold of the owner and he is interested in selling. Howe...

Hello everyone!  I've been lurking on BP for a while now and reading the site without a username for even longer.  I'm still doing research and learning before jumping into RE investing so no experience to speak of be...

My father is preparing to sell his home. The house is on its own septic field. The septic field was originally installed in the '80s. My father bought the house in 2002. The septic field has never been tested; he did ...

Hello all,Thank you for your patience. We are new to his site and also the whole flipping idea.Ok here goes. We hear a lot of stories of people looking at making at least say 20K profit on a flip and using the 70% rul...

Hey, so I have heard everything under the sun with this question. Some say the 12 months no matter what, others say if you have a reason to leave, even as small as disliking you neighbors you can leave in roughly 2 mo...

I'm not that interested in marketing timing other than getting a sense of when risk is relatively high (due to very high prices). I look at the case shiller index to get a sense of this: http://us.spindices.com/index-...

With the inventory in my local market getting tight, I've had to have my assistant drive around and get addresses for homes in very poor shape.

I've gotten my agent to give me the home owners names.

Now, I've got ...

Here is my scenario, myself & my partner flip houses. I recently purchased a home that we are about to flip. We purchased in the llc using hard money as we always do. My wife has now seen the house and knew we wer...