Hello BP Members,I hope everyone is staying safe, healthy and sane in these crazy times.  I am currently under contract on a vacation rental in the Smoky Mountains (approx. 10 min from Pigeon Forge), with a closing da...

What's easier to find renters for? a 4br or 3 Br or 2Br? Some people say 3 Bd/2Ba is the ideal combination. Others say you get more cashflow with a 4 bd/2,5 but you run the risk of higher vacancy because most of the t...

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/43218-freddie...Getting awfully close to "subprime" practices from days of yore. Here we go again?

I just read Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged. What does everyone think
of it?

I like alot of ideas she had about socialism and capitalism. But I also thought like any idealogy she went off the deep end in some places...

FYI - The Return of the McMansion?
http://moneyland.time.com/2012/07/02/the-return-of-the-mcmansion/?iid=obnetwork

We are in WA State and have an available apartment listed for $1250 and one of our minimum requirements is 2.5x monthly rent.  She is on disability of $750/month.  With these two amounts, however, she doesn't meet our...

Hey i was curious to see what people are seeing in the NYC Market. Im starting to see a recovery starting as prices have come down a bit and theres some interest in well priced assets. Residential sales are up, leasin...

This is just an observation, and it happens every Spring and FallWe have a large cabin in PF. 4 Bedrooms downstairs and 2 upstairs.So the older people likely take the downstairs bedrooms to avoid the stairs and the ki...

Hey BP,

Wanted to document my first real estate investment. Purchased a Single Family Home (SFH) in Hamilton, Ontario with the plan the concert it to a Duplex. Not only is this my first investment property, it’s al...

We have been living at this place for nearly 2 years. The "landlord" didn't have us sign a lease agreement for the place but we have been very diligent with our payments. Here recently they have spoken about needing t...