Hi BP Community.I bought a 4-plex last year in which the rents are VERY under market AND I'm paying heat and hot water in Vermont.  The residents of this house have been here for 3 years, 8 years, 12 years and 25 year...

So I have been going around and attending many different networking and REI Clubs in the Chicago area. Some I have found useful, others I wouldn't call a club but more an infomercial for the guru pitching a product. S...

Hi All,Here's a little story for you....We purchased a property and resold using Owner Financing and used an attorney for the closing. We and the buyer completed and returned all paperwork to complete the transaction ...

Hi BP-ers!Recently my REIA hosted a speaker from a firm who write self-directed IRAs. This seems like a valuable tool for investors but when I spoke to my accountant about it she said they could only be opened by indi...

I see a lot of posts where people are looking for a wholesaler in a certain area, but are there better ways of connecting the buyers and wholesalers? I was just wondering how investors look for legit wholesalers.

Hello BP! So I recently saw a post from another member regarding Fund and Grow. Has anyone used them and if so how did it go. Sounds like a way to grow ones capital in order to turn it into purchasing power. Look forw...

We are about to buy our first duplex in a hot neighborhood here in Portland. They listed it incredibly low, so though our offer was $50k over asking it was still fair for the market (we had to make an offer to view it...

A while back @Jay Hinrichs posted about the the real estate market levelling off http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/199...and I got to thinking today about what happens after that. What are my plans to han...

Do any of you know what the status of vacation rentals with the city council currently is in JT and where it's likely to go? From what I've read, 29 palms seems to be very welcoming, but there's a new law being conjur...

A client (buyer) came to me interested in a listed house in the pre-foreclosure process. The listing agent is not local and doesn't impress me as being able to get a short sale done as there are 4 trust deeds on t...