Hello. I’m looking to buy my first STR. I am looking out if state. How realistic is it to buy/furnish/rent a place without seeing it in person? (ie have realtor FaceTime me/send video’s of property, use a furnishing c...

So due to some personal reasons I had to use a fake name to rent a nice house in California. I’m a single father with a difficult past.
The landlord was kind of easy going and didn’t care, just wanted my money and ad...

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Folks, I found my way to BP's through another money blog...so glad to be here. I've been looking for a forum to nurture my investing side and a place to share my limited knowledge...I r...

OK, maybe some agents are really good and do understand investing. However, I am amazed how many I meet that know nothing about different financing methods, how to determine true cash flow, cap rates, and some are ter...

Hello everyone! I'm James Griffin and even though I've had an account here for a while, I haven't gotten around to actually posting anything. So I figured that I might as well start now and dive in! A little bit about...

New to investing. I purchased my first townhome in 2009. I owe $70k and zillow has it valued at 105-110K. Currently rented and I pay $80 out of pocket each month. i would like to keep the property long term. i also co...

Give us your best (worst) landlord experiencing stories. Don't be shy. Even if you messed up in how you handled it (we all do). Winner is the one who posts the most entertaining story, as determined by number of votes!

I just read a WSJ report citing Bankrate a banking analyst, that 3 out of 5 Americans do not have the reserves to withstand the most mundane unexpected expenditure, "The survey found that an unexpected bill would redu...

We were moving merrily along the process... i got my final loan approval on our new home.  My entire 4500sq ft house is packed up in boxes in the garage, movers are scheduled, hotel arrangements made, mailing address ...

There are lots of discussion about having properties in different class area with different quality of tenantsHow to determine which class does a area belong to or the definitions are more subjective to investor?