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From my time as a Construction Manager rehabbing REO foreclosure properties to my career in residential design I have learned a lot of valuable lessons and developed some helpful strategies that I believe can be usefu...
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Hi everyone,Thanks for reading my first post. My husband and I own two properties in Grand Rapids, MI. We paid off the house that we live in several years ago. We bought another house that is 400k and we owe about 19...
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I am looking to flip a home and would like to run laminate flooring throughout (except in the bathrooms and utility rooms). The home should sell around $170k in the Cecil County, MD area. Should I consider using hardw...
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Im looking at a 4 plex in new orleans, 200K purchase price, current rents are 800 per unit, section 8 potential at 1K per unit....obviously this is lower income...not sure if its worth investing in, the numbers are go...
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So up until last year, I used to use Turbo Tax, which even last year my taxes were getting a bit complex for TurboTax. So this year, I looked up a CPA that my family already had relationship with. He is a pretty smart...
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I am a licensed architect living and working in Philly. I have an idea for a business but wanted feedback from other investors to see if this is something that people would be interested in. I also wanted to look at t...
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Hello BP family,
I have been working on my time management, and have noticed that when the week starts all the random events end up bringing my plans down the drain.
I'm reaching out to this amazing community, so I...
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*warning. extreme rookie question, take it easy on me*I understand that if a property doesn't have positive cash flow, there is no way you could create passive income no matter how many properties you have. Is it stil...
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Hey Everyone, So I'm beginning my first stages of REI, and about halfway through my Real Estate License. I've been researching the different types of business options I have available to me in this industry and I j...
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It looks so easy! Buy a house, make a few cosmetic fixes, put it back on the market and make a huge profit. At any given time there are half-a-dozen shows on television where good-looking, well-dressed investors make ...