I'm curious as to what obstacles you faced going through your first deal? How did you handle them? Did they set you back or did you press through with flying colors?

We have a tenant on Section 8 in Missouri.  Single mother.  She wants to add her son's pregnant girlfriend and, in fairness to her daughter, her boyfriend.  "To help them get on their feet".  (We are not here to couns...

I recently purchased a house in Burbank, California.  It was a long process finding a house that made investment sense in a location with such high demand and such high prices (average cost is $750k for a 1400-1500 sq...

Trying to assess whether we should buy a car or lease a car. Breakdown of our current situation:1. we have one car (only need one car)2. we drive less than 10,000 miles a  year3. we use the car more than 50% for busin...

Hi all,  I have owned my first and only rental property (Single family) for about 3 months now. My tenant moved in 2 weeks after I closed, a couple and 1 teenaged child.  It has not been as smooth as I had liked.  My ...

Hey BP community, I've gotten extremely lucky over the past year or two in the crypto space and am looking to diversify my portfolio into more "real" assets. Purchasing real estate (likely for rentals) is the market t...

I needed a cash infusion into my REI business so I began looking for a Fix-n-Flip opportunity. I found a wonderful 4/2 foreclosure with a private pool in Orlando that needed quite a bit of TLC.  When I first walked in...

I found a deal that I wanted to run by everyone here. A deal so scary my hard money lender needs to think twice about financing me. This wouldn't be the first time. Last time I scared the hell out of him with a mold p...

I am in the process of buying 3 duplexes that are undervalued because of rents. They are renting for $800-850. Market rents for this size in this neighborhood. should be 1100-1200. Once you purchase how do you rais...

In a previous forum « bad start in rental experience » I described the problems I encountered with the two properties I bought in Atlanta.Today I have a new property manager that evicted the tenant in Riverdale; the c...