Hi! My contractor is requesting a third of total renovation cost as down payment - but I've hired him for labor only (I'm providing the supplies etc). I would feel more comfortable paying a normal labor rate as we pro...

My wife and I have many discussions about being future landlords, and the one topic we butt heads on is if it's okay to let your tenant have someone live with them for an extended period of time. Her biggest argument ...

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I am hoping several of you with a much more experienced eye can review my potential first deal and provide some feedback. I'm looking at submitting my very first offer on a FSBO 2-family home in Upstate, NY ...

A friend of mine and I plan on rolling over old 401k's into self-directed IRA's. We then plan to loan each other money, and use that money to flip houses.So, I loan 80k to him, he loans 80k to me....we have 160k to bu...

Hey BP,I'm currently living in the North Shore area of Massachusetts and I'm trying to get some input on which state would be best for buy and hold. I grew up in southern NH and love the area but currently in MA due t...

Hey guys,This is purely hypothetical, I'm just interested to see what landlords think about this.Suppose you have a tenant who's being transferred or is a contracted worker and will only be in the area for 12 months. ...

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I invest out of state in a mid-sized college town. There is a distressed seller in the market I invest in. She has just shy of 200 rental properties in my market (...

Hello, all.Right now I'm dead set on using Faux Wood Blinds for my rent house (3 bed). Assuming the average cost of a blind is $45 (tax-included) with the house having 10 windows, the cost will be $450.My uncle, who h...

I am fairly new to real estate investing but have spent the last 10 plus years researching/dreaming of one day actually getting started. I finally jumped in this summer and am about to complete my first rehab/rent pro...

What’s up, BP?As somebody who’s very interested in purchasing rental property and looking to start the journey, I’m curious how you all fell into it and learned everything you have from the beginning? Did you have a m...