New investor here - my contractor informed me yesterday that my house he's rehabbing was vandalized. They took many tools that totals approx. 10K. He's asking me to contact my insurance to make a claim, however this w...

Hi BP,

Its been a while since I posted here. I have been learning a lot from all of you. :)

Here is what bothers me now. I bought a duplex in Sacramento 6 months ago. Since we put a new tenant in on the unit (the ot...

Ok, so we had to close on a deal that was meant to be a contract assignment. Here are the numbers:
ARV 110k
Repairs 20-25k
Rent 950-1000
Originally asking 35k
Bought for 20k, had to repair the back extension (mechanic...

I've read you should require 3 times the income for your rental price.Do you apply this to section 8/HCV?Or do you submit each application and see what the government will pay you and go from there?If their voucher co...

A couple applied to rent one of my houses (note: this is through an independent leasing services and I have not met or spoken to the applicants myself). They sent a long intro letter saying the boyfriend was convicted...

Hey guys! I know this is just my silly excuse but this has become my biggest obstacle! I'm 20 years old and a women. It seems like women aren't taken as serious in business as men ON TOP OF that im only 20! -_- I've m...

Hey Guys,

So i was reading a really interesting article on FORBES the other day, and it was about how many of these real estate TYCOONS did over there careers.

The interview/articles featured people such Sam Zell, ...

Hi Everyone,So we recently rented out one of our rentals and the tenant moved in on 8/1. Before they moved in they handed the August rent and non refundable pet deposit to the management company on 7/31. When I went t...

Hello everyone I perused the BP community in the forums section to determine if gold as hard assets (with the ability for liquidation) would have application as collateral for doing a real estate deal. I am a collecto...

Hi everyone,I purchased my primary resident in Queens, NY about 5 years ago.  Thanks to crazy NY Real estate market, I have significant amount of equity on my PR which i'm considering tapping into to invest in other r...