So I am wondering if this is a legitimate asset protection strategy and would highly value any mortgage lenders or attorneys opinions.  I haven't heard this discussed before.My wife and I own several properties.  I ha...

Hello,My mother-in law has about 700K in her retirement accounts and has suddenly needed to go into long term care (about 8K per month.) We are thinking that rather than simply spend down her retirement funds to pay f...

I'm serving a 3-day notice to pay or quit this afternoon. It's totally my fault; I allowed an alternative method for a month, and the tenant took full advantage of my willingness to work with her. I've heard nothing f...

I have a contract to buy a distressed single family house that I plan to rehab and sell. The house is vacant and uninhabitable as is. It sustained water damage from a broken pipe in the kitchen last winter. The insura...

Foreclosures are new to me, so I am hoping to get some insight form more experienced investors:I have located a property with favorable numbers that is listed for foreclosure auction in about 10 days.  I met with the ...

Hey everyone, I'm trying to see if anyone could help me figure out if I'm able to use my 401k and Roth IRA to buy rental properties. I've tried to google these topics but didn't get much information. I'm 24 and have a...

So, I was listening to the BP podcast and the subject of how to do background checks on your renters came up. I was wondering, how exactly would or should you turn down a tenant that has bad rental history so to avoid...

Hi BP,I have been reading real estate books, listening to the podcasts, reading the forums, and taking some online classes for a little while now and have decided that I should make a profile and start being more acti...

Hi,If I am selling a home for around $350,000, the standard commission around here is 6%. Do you bite the bullet all pay that or do you maybe negotiate and give the listing agent less. I am not trying to be greedy, bu...

My wife and I are interested in diversifying some of the profits from our business through real estate investing.  I've been educating myself for several months, and am ready to make a move, but none of the deals I an...