I am wondering whether I should finish the basement; I can do it very cheaply myself, but the cost of adding an egress window is worrying me.1. If I do most of the work myself, how much should adding an egress cost?2....

Hi BP family, I have a couple probate questions for you (I'm in California, near Sacramento). This is the process as I understand it so far:-go to the courthouse and compile your probate list-direct mail campaign-when...

Hello all, my family is planning to do a 1031 exchange where we sell a multifamily building we own in New York, to buy a piece of land in Texas and turn it into a manufactured home community. Funds from the sale would...

Up to this point I've been gc'ing my own jobs.  However, I want to concentrate more on finding deals.  My dilemma - in order to make a decent profit it's very hard for the numbers to work using the GC.  I'm thinking i...

I haven't been able to find the answer to this online. So I'm hoping someone here might know. Does the residency requirement for primary housing require living in a legal unit? In Chicago, there are quite a few buildi...

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I'm relocating and looking for a house to live in, not necessarily invest in, although I have some RE investment questions I'll ask in other forums if I don't find the...

What is a good way or tool to analyze an area (crime, schools, cost of living, real estate laws, taxes) to narrow down the area I want to invest in?Background:I am new to BP and real estate investing and I'm starting ...

Put my first offer on a rental property on Friday, now the wait begins. I am a total newbie stepping into the uncharted waters of real estate investing. After countless hours and nights studying and playing with figur...

I want to buy multifamilies with high equity, and I would like to get them with seller financing @ 100% This sounds difficult to pitch to a seller, and was wondering if someone had any good tactics/selling points. One...

Hello everyone.
First time poster.
General Background
Newbie investor
No credit available (poor credit and repo due to major health issue).
Multiple tax years of returns due (nominal to no income)
Unplanned ow...