I booked a rental at a Northern Michigan lake house recently, and now that I'm an expert, I naturally had much to critique. This was a 5 bed, 3 bath house right on the water, and more of a house-hacking STR vs. a prof...

Unemployment claims are inching down, the economy’s Q2 numbers were revised up a bit, and the sentiment in the articles I see all point to a recovery. Is this election propaganda or are we actually seeing what will...

This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.

When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...

I would like to start my own construction I already have the inventory - Land The idea is to build 5 - 6 new homes each year and buy 5 to 10 new lots each year. Finance is already in place for these projects but ...

Hi BP world.  I am currently investing in Rochester NY and often wonder how my fellow landlords/investors deal with stress on a daily basis. It seems as grow bigger in my investment career, it has become much tougher ...

Hi BP,Although I’ve only started in real estate investing, I’ve been reading books on tax and legal protections. In protecting my investments, I’ve learned the importance of the first and second defense, home owner’s ...

Hi everyone,Here's a question that I have. 5 years ago, a bought a ramshackle place (that was rehabbed) for total price of 99K in Denver. I'm now getting $1250 a month rent through Section 8.I'm getting some comps on ...

I have built significant equity in both of my single family investment properties and would like to tap the equity from both to put a down payment on a multifamily. I was planning to take advantage of the low rates an...

Hi All,I have a property that has a single family upstairs (3b 1.5ba) with a partially finished basement (3b, 1ba) that I will be finishing and turning into a separate unit. The whole house is on one HVAC system. Addi...

Recently, I ran into this infographic. Very interesting predictions from Fannie, Wells and the MBA. If the forecasts are accurate, we are around the corner from another hot market with rates set to drop almost two per...