So a total newbie here, I've done zero deals but am looking to cut my teeth in real estate and looking to make this a career move. I've found a deal, I've run the comps, it all looks great. The deal was on the MLS fun...

Hello everyone. I have run into a situation that I haven't encountered before and was looking for some advice. We have been getting a lot of rain here in Ohio and one of my properties started having some pretty bad ba...

Hi BP,

A friend and I got into a discussion about real estate investment. Neither of us have made our first purchase yet, but are both looking to soon. I told her about an investment potential that would resu...

I've moved into my first property, a duplex, and in two days my first tenants will be moving in! The duplex has a security system in both units which is currently activated until the end of the year. This expense was ...

How much extra $$ to get there?

Say a 1500 square foot home in Texas. Conventional building cost = $105K. How much more to get to zero energy?

Assume highly insulated, great windows in the appropriate places, shade...

Why choose an Architect over a Home Designer? IS there a benefit?

I am just curious to see what can legally be done.

I've been pre-approved for an owner occupant FHA loan. My loan officer said that there is no specific time period I must live in the house, but I have to live there...

Under contract on duplex in a great neighborhood. Purchase price is $276,000. Rent per unit would be $1200-1400 per month, likely on the higher end of that. I got my monthly payment yesterday, and now am having second...

There are lots of discussion about having properties in different class area with different quality of tenantsHow to determine which class does a area belong to or the definitions are more subjective to investor?

Recently purchased an investment property in Newark NJ that had already had tenants living there that are MTM with no documented leases.  We have not sorted them out yet in terms of getting them on signed leases yet b...