Hi All,First time posting on here but I have been an avid reader of the forums for a couple years. Great learning tool.I invested in single family homes in Houma, Louisiana from 2006-2009 and did okay, a couple rehab/...

I'm thinking about making my first real estate purchase, an out of state rental property, and wondering the best way to go about finding and analyzing a property.Do people who are investing out of state typically pick...

Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

I contacted one of my mentors after not talking for almost year while I built up some capital. Which a year ago he told me I needed to save more before I jumped into real estate. When I talked to him today he advised ...

I have a tenant with a yearly lease expiring in November 2014.  She has been severely late in rent payments for the last seven months.  Gave her a 5-day notice every month.  She pays partially and late but pays till e...

I have recently bought one single family residence from a turnkey provider in Indianapolis and am looking to buy another one possibly in Memphis or elsewhere before the end of this year. I was hoping to hear from inve...

Hello, we had hired a contractor back in September to gut and renovate our 3 bathrooms and kitchen, as well as apply 600 sq ft of flooring. The contract stated timeline is an estimated 8-10 weeks. As of January, we ba...

I would guess at least a few of you have had to convince your spouse or significant other that you weren't crazy, you weren't going to bankrupt the family, and that this whole real estate investing thing was a good id...

Hi BP community, I looking to break into the Fix n Flip REI strategy and I have a few questions. 1)  What is the first thing I should do? Is it finding local properties in disrepair, finding hard money lenders, or get...

I've seen so many forum posts advising NOT to give any money to contractors upfront - because so many people have been ripped off by contractors. I've seen many responses from contractors, saying they've got to buy ma...