Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster.  You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...

Hello All,I have a one-bedroom vacation rental condo in Palm Springs that has been listed on AirBnB for about a year now. I have my first stressful problem: a vacation renter with a 44 day reservation who will NOT lea...

Hey everyone,Each year I make a list personal goals and work to make sure I hold myself accountable.  Many of these goals are private to me and my wife but a couple of them are relevant to the BP community.  1) I plan...

Hello Everyone! Was recently told that I need to make a 20-25% down payment on a rental property. Told them I was interested in making 3-5% down so I can have funds to make repairs.I asked about FHA. They said FHA isn...

I am closing on my 5th house, which is my 7th deal, on October 17th and my plan is to renovation and sell it. I'm buying it from another investor who started writing about it in his BP blog but I won't share those det...

working on the latest house (buy and hold) and my main contractor is not living up to my expectations. I have used him before a few times and did not have a problem. In the past, he'd quote something and i had him do ...

So recently I have taken interest in expanding OOS. I live in Loudoun County, VA and OOS deals, if done properly can provide lucrative returns. Also TK model allows me to invest even by keeping my full time employment...

Thank you @J Scott for starting the new construction diary.  It's been our inspiration to do one of our own now.  In this thread we are going to track the progress of our first Crowd Funded new construction project in...

Okay, so I have a couple that lives in my 4 plex that have been an absolute nightmare. So far they have consistently paid late and have been a nuisance with their dog (dogs) barking and making noise. They got on a one...