Hello! My name is Eric, I'm a new member here. My background is in commercial property management in the San Francisco/Bay Area. A little less than two years ago I moved to Portland for the friendly folks and beer cul...

So my husband and I are just getting started in REI. Our initial goal was to fix and flip and long term it still is. I have good credit, but my husband, not so much. He's got the income and I'm a stay at home mom who ...

I hope this post finds all of doing well, I love this forum and everything BP stands for. I've been on the sidelines too long and I'm truly ready to start investing on the side as I continue to serve our country.  I r...

Hello BP family,

I'm a new member. I literally just found out about this earlier today. I accessed the website and was amazed at the wealth of information available. Little about myself I'm just starting out, I am a...

Hello to all, I’m recently got into escrow on my very first investment property and when going through all of the fees to close I came across a “lock in rate” fee which is to lock in the 6.125% interest rate at a whop...

Hi,
I currently own a condo unit in NYC and am looking to rent it out in a few months (transition it to an investment property). Do you recommend using a real estate agent to help find renters? 
Without a real estat...

Starting to save money for our first real estate investment -- at this point we are still doing market research on exactly where we want it to be but in terms of a strategy I think we are going to do a short term rent...

Hi all- Brand new to real estate investing and going back and forth on doing a house hack or purchasing a STR for my first property. I was hoping to get a couple of helpful pointers for narrowing down the STR property...

Hello my name is Adeniyi! It’s great to be part of this community. This is my first attempt at trying to making passive income so I’m relatively new to real estate investing. I’ve owned two properties that I’ve lived ...

Here are the most common fears and misconceptions I hear when people talk about house hacking. 
Myth: It takes a lot of money to buy a house.
One of the biggest myths about buying a home is that it requires a lot of...