So, I am a commercial real estate appraiser and have access to FMLS here in GA.  I am currently working with an agent for my RE investment needs, but I can find properties with realtor details just like he can.  In fa...

I own a property in Elk Grove (a suburb in Sacramento) that I'm looking at options to free up capital.  We purchased the property in 2011 for 140k all cash.  We've had the same tenants in place since we purchased the ...

I'm a newbie REInvestor in Dallas, TX, but today i'm having some issues with my landlord, and i wanted to reach out to the BP community for some advice. I'll try to give as much detail as possible, but if it doesn't m...

I've bought a couple hoarder homes in the past, they were the types of homes that rewarded you with experience.  It's one thing when I am buying a house in that condition, because I am thinking of the the pot of gold ...

I am an investor from Richmond, Virginia, I graduated VCU in 2000 and I have been investing in real estate off and on since I got out of college.  My first flip was around 2002. About 5 years ago I started getting mor...

So I've been eyeballing this house in our area and Saw it on Zillow then Hudson Marshall Auction.  bid on it in the last 15 minutes and was the winning bidder.  The home was sold 8 years ago for $124K. nice ranch, goo...

Hello!,As a military family, we have purchased properties at almost every assignment, then converted them to rentals we were reassigned.  Now we want to form an LLC (or multiple LLCs) and are not certain where we shou...

Hello,Depreciation is touted as one of the big benefits of buying investment real estate (rentals) . I am not able to understand the benefit of taking depreciation on a rental property. On one hand IRS rules force you...

Hi everyone. Here are what I believe to be the most important qualities of an exceptional realtor for your first house hack. 1. Running NumbersAt a bare minimum, it's important find a realtor that generally understand...

Fortunately, I actually like my parents. I'd actually enjoy having them live downstairs in the finished basement apartment —if I only had one. My parents live 7 minutes from me in a rental house. They're at an age whe...