Hello!  I am looking to invest in Multifamily Units with value add potential (12 or less units to start).  I live in Santa Monica.  I have been reading forums entries on markets and things to look for and am trying to...

I've partnered with my mentor to purchase my first NPN.  The purchase is now complete.   It is a first position note.  I'm very satisfied that the purchase price of the note is around 40% of the current fair market va...

Good afternoon BP,I recently just purchased my first condo in the Hampton roads area in February 2016 and for the first two months everything was amazing.....come May anything that could go wrong did.   I planned for ...

I was told the other day that after doing something for 10,000 hours you are an expert in that field. That had me doing the math. How many hours have I put into my real estate investing career? If a normal person work...

Hey all, I'm doing some research for an upcoming post and I'd love to get some group brainstorming done. My question is: What are the key indicators of a good rental market?  (For example, schools, crime, jobs, etc.)O...

At the end of March I'm going to a wedding in Tucson AZ, and am planning to turn it into a vacation by heading to California from there. Wondering where to go? What to check out? I often fantasize about moving there a...

This is the most basic budget question.  My wife and I use Mint.com to track our finances and we just finished sitting down and looking at our spending for the year.  This gives a really good place to start for a budg...

Breaking my left hand in a bad accident has taken me out of the real estate game for longer than I hoped... I've recently started looking again and have quite some interest in this one particular property. Numbers:

B...

My first tenants are moving out and I am keeping all but $65 of the $1300 deposit.

I itemized everything per LT law and sent a letter with original receipts.

They are arguing already it was not received by today th...