The following are my thoughts on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and any thoughts of upcoming bailouts. As an advocate for responsible financial practices, I believe that the government should not bail out banks t...

As someone looking to buy their first buy-and-hold investment property sometime within the next year or two, it's really disheartening analyzing properties in my area. I live in San Jose (right in the heart of the ...

Hello BP! I'm in contract with my first property and wanted some suggestions on the kitchen. Is it a good idea to keep the cabinets/countertop and just repaint? or Should I just replace the whole thing? It looks like ...

Renatus...
Is it Worth the $20k?
yea..
the network and Education..
ok..
whats the difference?
they have a Network Marketing Comp Plan Associated with it.
local Investors..
whats the difference between that amd a REIA?...

Hello BP, I have a property or two picked out that interested in BRRRing but before jumping in, I would like to run the numbers by you to see if there is anything I am missing. The numbers have been pulled from MLS an...

In 2005 my oldest brother asked me how my house sale was going. I mentioned it went under contract in three days and we were making $125,000 profit. I was in the military and would be considered lower middle-income at...

Just bought an older house and have explored rewiring.  As was mentioned in another thread, I'm thinking about waiting until winter time to get bids on the work because everyone seems to be swamped in my area (San Mar...

Today I see a lot of montelongo, legrand, dc fawcet...They all preach no cash no credit. Let other people do this and that..creative financing. Is this all mumbo jumbo or can it be done? Have any of you done a creativ...

We occasionally come across properties that need little to no work that we would like to keep as rentals.  We are buying at a discount but when talking to DSCR lenders all want a 20% percent down payment even if the p...