I was called over to a property today due to a report of low water pressure and a leaky pipe. I went over to check out the situation and the leak was a quick connect adapter on the water heater. I had it replaced two ...

Hello,My mother-in law has about 700K in her retirement accounts and has suddenly needed to go into long term care (about 8K per month.) We are thinking that rather than simply spend down her retirement funds to pay f...

I've been a landlord for seven years, but I'm just curious about what the rest of you do.  I always feel a little uncomfortable in this case.  Okay, let's say today is Tuesday.  You talk to Person #1 on the phone, pre...

Grandfather owns trust, is trustee and beneficiary of trust. Grandfather loan son and daughter-in-law cash June 1994. Security for cash loan was Deed to land. July 1996, son passes. Daughter-in-law had right of surviv...

I would like all the senior people that post at BP to put up their best quotes to keep them going every day especially with disappointing circumstances , as an illness, a death , A deal that goes really wrong , A busi...

I've always had a glamorous & grandiose image of real estate investors...weird, right?!  Yeah, I was one of those that thought the way to truly know you've arrived and become a big financial success is to let your...

Hello BP Fam!Let's say I would like to buy and hold properties here in the Ft. Myers area that are in low income neighborhoods. Why do I think I want to do this? Please tell me if I'm wrong... I am hoping to owner fin...

Unfortunately, the seller of a property and I were unable to come to an agreement and she has chosen to let her property get foreclosed on Monday. Her home needs a large rehab and she was unwilling to lower her asking...

I know this is an investing forum, but does anyone know of viable foreclosure prevention resources? There are many people that claim to help for pay, but is there a way to viably vet them?

All, I am leaning more towards selling my Duplex.  Here are my numbers:After all the expenses, my take home is around $1600/mth.  The property appreciation is around 4% / year.  This is low as compared to SFH.  Not to...