Steve Meyers
San Diego Homes Prices & Inventory Supply - January 2022 to January 2023
Hi All,I've been getting a lot of questions regarding the San Diego market in particular and where prices are going etc so I wanted to pull the most recent data to compare last year's January to this one.All propertie...
Steven Noreika
Getting started (my story) - LONG - Barely Updated 12/12/07
I mentioned in my introductory post that I would attempt to chronicle my experiences as a first-time real estate investor here, in the hopes that some other new investors may relate to them and maybe even find them he...
Matt Shobel
Who's to Blame? Very Irratating
Hello, I recently rehabbed a house to sell and is now pending. When we listed the house, we put in the remarks that the house was sold AS IS. Inspections went fine, and we are about 1 week away from closing, but my ...
Al Ball
Do I need a realtor?
I've been talking to a lot of people and can't quite get to the bottom of what a realtor can do for me. They say they can access more buyers, but can't I find most of them just by doing a flat fee service to get on th...
Steve Hungerford
Can I do a 1031 with the capital gains portion of the Sale......
Hello,I have a property with a lot of capital gains that I wanted to use some of the basis portion (basis plus the 250K exclusion) to buy a SFR. If so how do I do that ? Can I use the amount I believe is the capital g...
Kendall Morgan
How can I stop my house from being sold @ tax deed auction..
Okay, wow... Where do I even start. Originally BP started as a place to help me expand my knowledge and further my career in REI. Now, I am reaching out for help regarding my OWN home. In 2012 - I bought my house for...
Nolan Mahoney
Seller Financing? FHA? 5% Down Fannie mae?
Lokking to buy first house hack Beggining of March. I really hope intrest rates drop by then because no residential multifamily works at 7% with FHA or 5%. This brings me to seller finance. I like the flexability that...
Miki M.
VRBO's dead. AirBNB's not great. How to market a Vacation Rental?
I have been working on setting up a modest vacation rental in the Portland metro area. In the past, friends of mine were raving about VRBO, telling me it really does work- and they had a reasonable fee structure. But ...
Kyle K.
EIULs-- Equity Indexed Universal Life Insurance
I've heard some intriguing things about EIULs which are basically investment grade life insurance policies that can build up cash value for tax free use later in life.
Does anyone on here have an EIUL policy? If so, ...
Corey Smith
I've gotten my feet wet. Now what?
I want to bounce my situation off of any of you in the BP community that are willing to read it and give an opinion. I became interested in REI two years ago this month, when I found BP and read Rich Dad. Over the fir...