I am a 44 year old lawyer who is seeking to transition to real estate investing with a goal of retiring from my legal practice and making a living on income from real estate. I have $250,000 to invest and am intereste...

I was doing some reading about the 2008 bubble burst of the real estate market in the book "The AfterShock Investor" by David Wiedmer. He explains the cause of the crash, which we should all know about anyway, but...

Hello everyone,First of all, I am new to BP and I enjoy reading people's posts. So here is my dilemma.  I am selling a couple of my rental properties in San Diego, CA and would like to do a 1031 exchange on a multi-fa...

So I've ready more books than I can count, heard all the podcasts, read the articles, stalked the forums, etc. Classic I should have started investing a long time ago stuff. I know. I'm working on it. However, all thi...

Hi BP,On January 5, 2015 my partner and I put our first property under contract. On January 30, 2015 we closed the transaction and made $17k total profit. This thread will detail how we found the deal, obstacles we ov...

Hey guys, my name is Andrew and I am brand spanking new to this whole real estate investing world. Here is my situation:I started a landscaping/ lawn care business 7 years ago and just sold it because me and my wife w...

Hello-New to this site, but have eard unbelievable things and excited to get going. Was wondering about condos. It seems like, for the time being, they are the last affordable thing in growing and popular cities. Do p...

If money was not an issue and i had 100,000 USD on the side to put for down payments, would investing in expensive cities like los angeles be a good idea because of the rental occupancy rate there, or would it be wise...

As in the title, I have no income but I do have cash. Do you think I could get a loan at a reasonable rate, or am I limited to cash-only deals? It would be nice to utilize a little leverage. My FICO is around 800.
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Hi thereI bought a townhome in Oceanside, California back in 2016 for 445k. Its 3 bedrooms/3.5 baths in a gated community and a 15 min walk to downtown Oceanside/the beach.  Id say its worth about 590-600k.  I have gr...