Hi all.My wife and I have managed to buy a few investment properties but they all have been through a realtor. Our dilemna now is that we have found a magnificent deal but it is a For Sale By Owner. Since we haven't p...

I have been sending out yellow letters for about a month now and have had what I think is a good response from the letters. I have sent 350 letters to mostly out of state absentee owners. I have had about 25 calls, ...

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I am about to buy 2 new roofs. I can either take out a loan, home equity probably on my house to finance them, or, I can take it out of savings--actually what I had been saving for....

So first we bought this 6 unit in New London, everything was going fine until the insurance company did their inspection. Got a letter in the mail of their “recommendations” that are mandatory that I complete. $10k la...

Is it frowned upon to have two of the same type of sub-contractors on site estimating something at the same time? For example, I want to get three estimates for an electric upgrade. Will it be a turn off to the electr...

What tricks and tips have you learned to keep long-term tenants in place?

Hey everybody!This is my first post here on BP. I've been listening to the podcast for about a month now and have given myself 6 months to close on my first property. I am 23 years old, and would love to learn from al...

Just got to the point in the demo of this 1920s 1.5 story house, where I into the walls enough to see that this is a balloon framed house. My knowledge of house framing is based on how we do things today. I had never ...

If I have investors who have given me money, like $5000. How do I give them their money back.Do I give them their $5000 plus interest or just intetest?

Hello BP,I'm a beginning investor and waiting on my pre-qualification to come through from a lender (should find out on Sunday), and I'm working hard to build a really solid team that I can trust.   A little backgroun...