I am a financial planner who is adding real estate investing to my interests.  I built my financial planning practice on seminar marketing which uses direct mail to fill the seats.  As I have been reading the differen...

Hi BPers:I am a New Jersey real estate investor. My experience is in the office space, but I am now looking at multi-family properties. Should I expect the acquisition price per SF to decline as the building's size in...

Hi everyone.  I have been listening to the BP podcast for quite a while and looking through the BP forums as well.  I finally decided to join the community so that I can participate, learn from everyone and hopefully ...

Hello Everyone,I live in San Francisco and am currently renting.  I have been wanting to jump into real estate investing for some time now and seeing how I would also like to own a home, I feel as though purchasing a ...

Hello everyone! As it happens many times, I find myself not being able to sleep sometimes because all I can think about is real estate. I came across this wonderful site browsing everything and anything real estate re...

I am curious what the community thinks about negotiating deals over the phone versus an in person visit.  I typically deal with vacant houses that have been inherited so when I go see the property I typically do not s...

I have had a tenant in my rental since October 1.  I ran a background check on him, all was fine, seemed like a nice guy, pays on time.  Since October 1, he has had multiple house guests who have stayed well past a vi...

Hello BP,My name is Dylan Boesch and I am a student in New York earning a finance degree. Over the last few weeks I have become a huge fan of this site and I figured its as good a time as any to introduce myself. I am...

I heard someone saying whenever they purchased a SF investment, they "bulletproof" it by removing the dishwasher, garbage disposal and automatic garage door to reduce maintenance issues. Wondering if anyone had experi...

I just learned about PropertyRadar (https://www.propertyradar.com/) which claims to allow you to "research residential and commercial properties using enhanced public records data."I'm looking to pick up two 8-12 unit...