I bought my first duplex at the start of 2023 in OH. I bought it for $143k and put 30% down ($43k down). The seller gave me a check for repairs. I thought I had enough but quickly realized there was way more that need...

Legendary real estate investor Sam Zell believes (or at least purports to believe) that homeownership will fall to 55%, well below the 64% it is at now and far from the ~69% we saw prior to the crash. Here is the ...

I have a question specific to home equity line of credit. I will have 2 properties paid off this year. Total value is 325k. Taking lines of credit against the homes for down payments is often mention. How do new poten...

Hey BP community,

I am new to BP and to the RE world, however, I really want to make my first move but I need your help.

I just graduated from college, I've only been working for a year. I have about 40k in savings ...

I’m currently going to college for engineering and have started to learn about investing in real estate. My plan is use my engineering salary to invest. I also have started my own painting business in college to make ...

I've heard of this elusive VA Rehab loan that allows a buyer to purchase a house and get cash to do rehab work.  I'm looking at a short sale that's $335,000 and it's after repair value would be pushing $400,000.  Does...

I have a tenant who is very frustrating.
They applied for a house and wanted to move in immediately.
There were tenants already there who weren't moving for another week.
The applicants were apparently staying in a ho...

Reposting from deal analysis forum section. I do not want to create a new topic in the forum because my question is related. I went to the MHU boot camp and I understand why 30+ units park makes sense. However, does i...

I'm 23 years old and I'm just starting out in my career as a real estate investor. I've taken a few classes, read a few books and talked to a few people about different types of investment strategies and I am now read...

Hey all,

I've been perusing BP for about a week now and getting some truly invaluable information to get started. I've learned about the 70% rule, and approaches others have taken to buy property conservatively to e...