I will start driving around an hour after work a few times a week looking for "ugly" houses in my town. I'm not really sure what I'm looking for, or what neighborhoods I should be looking in. The first time I drove ar...

The city of Littleton is considering an ordinance to legalize short-term rental investments. Unlike Airbnb laws in other Denver metro cities, the draft ordinance would allow you to do an Airbnb in a non-owner-occupied...

Hi BP,

I just signed a contract to buy 1.7ac on a main "artery" (I wouldn't consider it quite a highway) road.

It is four acres away from a gas station and McDonald's and a shopping center on the same road. But s...

Renting out an apartment in California. A tenant moved in 2 years ago and I have recently come to find out he never tranfered the electricity into his name. Its in the lease that power and gas are tenants responsibili...

Hi,

Does anyone have any examples of what a HML contract looks like?
I'm thinking about taking one for the downpayment on a house (20% + closing costs) but honestly I only heard about HML/Private money a few months ...

Lease Option a Lease Option?

I took it upon myself to go to the public library today. What a frick frack gold mine that place is. I could literally curl up and die there. So, I thought perhaps I was missing someth...

Oftentimes a subject of some debate is the reality of what is a renovation or “rehab” loan. Simply put, a rehab loan is a specialty loan program that allows the borrower to purchase a run-down home and to finance an a...

Hello BiggerPockets Community, I am having an issue with one of my rental units in Indiana. Keeping the story short, a tenant passed away in the unit a couple months ago. They had no will. There are four family member...

Is this common for the short sale to be listed on the MLS but not getting it sold?
Also, what is the standard time the bank gives the realtor in order to try and sell it - 6 months? 9 months?

I have been reading through some articles on this site. I'm currently looking for my first house to flip. I am just starting out and have a very low budget to make an offer. There is a house that I was interested i...