Hi all! I have been a long time lurker and finally just acquired our very first rental property. It's a duplex in South Jersey. While i have tried to take everything i learned from BP I am hoping to leverage your expe...

Hi guys I'm new here but I've been puzzled over this question for a while. If commercial mortgages require that the investor have a net worth equal to or greater than the loan amount than isn't the idea of a 30% downp...

My architect and I designed a 3 story townhome. Initially, he had a standard walled-in staircase on the second level but I found a metal guy who provided this unique open staircase concept with just a metal rail bar w...

I am looking for help with Direct Mail marketing ideas to attract potential homeowners to sell to me in rural Montana for the purchase of an investment property that would be my primary residence.  I have a couple of ...

Hello everyone,
As a newbie investor, I am trying to learn as much as I can before taking the plunge. I started the process of learning over a year ago, but I still feel no closer to making my first purchase. By acci...

I'm in a situation where there is very little banks will give me for leveraging rental homes despite having a good amount of assets and excellent credit because I haven't had any income in 4 years (long story short: I...

So I purchased a condo that I was going to live in flip. I did all the renovations and turned out great even after a few hiccups and came in on budget ($40k). But the hoa voted and passed special assessments to upgr...

Does anyone do their own accounting? I'm trying to set up "asset" reserve accounts for Vacancy, repair & maintenance, and cap ex. how do you do this or are you accruing your expenses? How do you save for the expen...

After talking with quite a few people and after reading some interesting reviews, it seems that the iPad could be a real game changer for the real estate business (and many others). With that in mind, I thought we co...

Hello!I am investing out of state and this is my first property, therefore, my agent has to walk and facetime me when viewing properties. I was told recently that I shouldn't make them walk all the properties with me/...