I purchased my Los Angeles (Compton) 4-bedroom home in 2013 for 240K; according to Redfin, it is now worth 686K. 2 years ago the entire house was completely renovated (Insurance claim) due to a burst pipe that caused ...

I know there are many people who like to get their feet wet with turnkey, but does anyone actually own ALL turnkeys? Does anyone own 30 turnkey properties? Can anyone actually speak up that owns nothing but turnkey an...

Hey everyone!BP has just released my latest book:  RECESSION PROOF REAL ESTATE INVESTING.It is all about how the economy works (starting with the very basics and working up from there), economic cycles and how we as r...

It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...

I'm wondering if we're really making money. Not a rhetorical question, but would like genuine feedback. Here's the scenario. I want to live off of cash flow so I buy a lot of SFR. I then currently make about 550 cash ...

To my sisters and brothers in the real estate biz - I'm considering joining Exp Realty and curious to hear your thoughts - positive and negative - on this company/their approach. On the one hand, the stock options, ag...

Hi,Listening to some of the podcasts and reading the blog, I keep feeling this inner red flag that keeps popping up in me.  I get the feeling that a lot of folks are advocating being over leveraged and taking on an un...

I'm looking to see if we could compile a list of the top 5 mistakes made by landlords. I'll throw out a few and hopefully we can come to some kind of consensus.

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Went under contract on a 5-unit office/retail property this past week. Was on the market for a year, few offers made but none good enough for seller to accept.Was able to talk seller into a lease with option (seller f...