I have a short term rental in McKenzie Bridge, OR that I'm doing a cash out refinance right now and just got the appraisal report back. The ARV came back reasonable, but on the report, the appraiser only used Vrbo dat...

Hello BP Family! Thanks for taking a look at my elaborate thread scheme here! For some background you can start at PT1/5: Capital Acquisition and get some details.  In short i'm trying to get some feed back on a new b...

I’m working to buy a house from a distressed homeowner, help her avoid foreclosure. This will require me to deal directly with mortgage lender. Is there a release form I can use so homeowner authorizes me to talk to t...

Let me start out by saying that I got in 2009, while working with a negotiator there, He was very nice. But now they require that all files go there, Let me tell you it’s a pain working with this program. They send ...

I came across a vacant property a couple months ago that I am very interested in. I was able to look up the owner and reach him even though he moved out of the area. I spoke with him and told him I was interested in p...

Sitting on $20k right now, not ready for income property. Any suggestions where i could invest it to get a better rate of return (not savings)for time being? Would like to purchase my first property within the next 12...

I absolutely love working with wholesalers that know what they are doing and are competent in putting together deals. Does anyone have suggestions where I can network to find more wholesalers, and any advice on keepi...

Looking at making a cash offer on a property. How should I set up the timeline on the purchase offer? It should be able to move faster than if I had to obtain financing but want to make sure I have enough time to ge...

So excited to have my first property under contract! I posted a couple months ago about a duplex I was examining and decided to stick with a SFH in the Tacoma area. The property I found is a short sale and is in ban...

I just read in Han and Macfarlane's tax book that profits from flips get taxed as ordinary gains, not capital gains. What is defined as a flip?  If we merely paint and cleanup and maybe replace carpets for less than $...