Can someone recommend a good bank to open a business checking account? I recently moved my cash into a self-directed IRA with checkbook control and am now looking to put the fundssomewhere I can get to them.

I'd lik...

I know, I know it will vary based on costs, utilities, taxes and deferred maintenance etc. but is there a rough estimate that you use for back of napkin calculations for NOI as a percentage of the gross rents?

So I'm looking at buying the house on the left. My issue is going to be the neighbors  partial driveway.  From what we can tell. They use it to  back a trailer up into their back yard.  They have a main driveway on th...

Here are my top sources for deals over the last 18 months:

1) MLS-listed REOs. Best deals, cheapest deals I've bought. Often times much cheaper than what I would have had to negotiate from the owner before they got...

Hey BP,I've been through about a year of BP education and feel like it's getting to be high time I pull the trigger on a real property. I'm in an area where it can be tough to make a property cash flow if it's purchas...

Hello,I have family in the small town of Mason City, Iowa, so I travel there occasionally. I am always looking for new markets to invest in as a buy and hold investor. I know it is a cheaper and older market, and I ha...

Hey BP,I've been looking at condos-specifically in Milwaukee. I would appreciate any feedback- good and bad about purchasing condos for rental income. I've ran some numbers and they seem to make sense. TIA...

I am a real estate agent and had a lady call in asking for a CMA and neighborhood information about a specific house in my town. She said she was an investor who was buying the note on the house and would list the pro...

I received this information about a potential deal, but it is not adding up to me. The broker is telling me that 2 units rent for $800 the other 2 for $750 the asking price is 350000.  But the rental owner statement i...

I am purchasing my first mixed use commercial property. Average rents are 6-7 one tenet is 4.  Once lease is up what would be accepted for a lease adjustment in price. would 5 be over the top?