It is not often in life that you truly get the chance to see what you're made of - as an investor, a consumer, a citizen, a human being. For whatever reason, it generally takes monumental events - often catastrophes -...

Hey BP,I own a few small multifamilies and am now up to 14 doors.  At the moment, each unit has unique keys for the front and back doors.  So, I have about 30 keys, not including keys to side doors, basements, etc.  R...

Background
I am not a Professional Real Estate (yet) as I am working as a full-time engineer, and I don’t meet 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which I participated. ...

Hi,Offer accepted for run down house 1bed/1bath in Los Gatos Mountains @450k. Lot is 0.26acres, most of the lot has steep downhill slope. Lots of trees and house has septic tank.Do you think it is a good deal? This is...

I am a newbie to BP. Thank you in advance for your responses and advice.I am in process of purchasing a single family investment property in Charlotte. My credit score is an excellent and I have a great W2. I am tryin...

I am doing a rehab an older house that will be a rental when it is finished and I was wondering, has anyone put an instant water heater in a rental? I have had the electrical upgraded and added a second bathroom to ma...

Hello!  I would love to get input from the BP community on this.  We are working on one of our first flips, and are trying to find that sweet spot on amount of renovations to do - most bang for our buck and time.  We ...

For about 2 1/2 years, I have been Self-Employed. According to my tax return, last year I broke even. While my income has increased drastically this year, I will still have some deductions. I've been thinking about fi...

Hi - I have spoken to two bankers. The first is with a major bank who was talking about a 20 year mortgage. The second, a local smaller bank, without an application and over the phone, mentioned a 7 year 'abundance ...

Hi, folks!After tons of hours of reading, watching and listening to everything real estate investment related I decided to finally get my first investment property. However, I still cannot decide what should be my fir...