Newer houses are up to code, but can be more expensive than an older house. What should your threshold be of how old of a house you shouldn't purchase? Example: You shouldn't buy a house older than "Year XXXX" because...

Looks like I'll be leaving (military move) later next year. I'm looking for a team to help manage my house and rent it out in Las Cruces. This is my first rental and I'd love to hear some opinions and possible referra...

J Scott mentions that most people are reluctant to start investing because it's "not the right time" to buy or sell. He writes that there are only two conditions that make a successful flip and that's to buy at a low ...

"....If you buy a property and transfer ownership to your LLC, you might have some issues when you go to refinance. Fannie and Freddie will only buy or guarantee loans that are issued to a person, not a business entit...

I have a triplex in a c-d area (rent 700 for a 2/1) and I was wondering how others are screening tenants.  I am using a paid background check and call employer, current landlord.  I am requiring they make 2100 a month...

I'm pretty much a newbie at this, and so just playing around with numbers as an exercise. Here's how I approached it:Searching on CL and Zillow got me to this SFH in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore (hipster/very...

I've been debating on getting my first rental property, however having experience with investing in the stock market, I understand the critical nature of 'getting in at the right time.' Sometimes that isn't an easy ca...

I watched another board I was a member of turn completely negative. It drove long time members away. In fact, it got so bad they wiped it and started over, of course without a few clever folks who were asked not to ...

This may seem like a strange question, or maybe it's been answered before, but staying motivated is a big deal. How do you stay motivated when you don't feel like doing what you have to do? Any kind of response would ...

Just heard that 36 cities in 20 U.S. States are dumping the dollar. I could NOT find any evidence of this being the case. So I that being that BP members reside all over that maybe someone can say if their city is s...