My wife and I are under contract on a duplex in the rapidly developing* east side of Austin, TX.We made a $471,000 offer and are approved for a 3.5% The current rent for the front and back units are $1,450 and $1,535 ...

Hi, my name is Hector and I decided to get into the Real Estate world last year. I live in Lancaster, CA and own a single family home rental. I have been a lurker on these forums and soaked up a lot of knowledge so th...

At this point I'm contributing 6% of my pay and getting 3% match by my employer. That's the max they will do.

The way I look at it, the company match basically protects my contribution from inflation, and any fund i...

Hi BP Community!  I'm very happy to be a part of BP.  I'm new to the BP forums and have been catching up on the Podcasts, which are awesome.  I'm 36 years old and just changed my career to real estate.  I am working a...

In other words, will the trustee allow or can they forbid the delinquent owner from paying cash for their own property at the courthouse steps?

For those contemplating alternate investments, I highly recommend considering hard money lending. I started in 2012 with little knowledge or information. At that time we didn't have Dodd-Frank to be concerned with. Fo...

I picked up a new tax accountant this year hoping to get help with this issue... and not only are multiple things incorrect on the return I just got back to review, but some of her advice seems *off.* (For example, I ...