How does earnest money deposits works? As I was reading, I saw that when dealing with new buyers many wholesalers had made the buyers pay an earnest money deposit. Is this a recommended practice? Why? How much do I as...

I dont like renting to people that just recieve social service checks as income for 2 reasons.

1. If you dont work for it you dont take care of it.

2. You cant not garnish social service income.

Hello fellow BP Members. As a buyer and seller of loans (and real estate), trying to find the perfect note is like trying to find the perfect spouse. If you truly want to tie the knot, you have to realize that no pers...

I'm looking to get started doing real estate investing in Oahu. I've never done real estate investing previously but I've spent a considerable amount of time reading books (6 and counting), listening to the bigger poc...

Brief background: I still own rental property and relocated from TX to AL in 2017. I decided to rent a house for a year to decide where I’d prefer to live long term instead of rushing.

Straight to the point: I am bu...

Guys, i have been actively hunting down for a SFR property and came up with following analysis after doing BB Rental Property Calculator on a brand new SFR:COC ROI = 2.78% when i have estimated:1% Capex, 1% repair, 1%...

The role of the Appraiser is an odd one: Way too much art (opinions) and way too little science (data-analytics), with way, way, way too little accountability. While the world embraces tech tools to automate workflow...

Per the Bloomberg article, it seems rent for studios have dropped about 35%, 1 bedrooms 27%, and 2 bedrooms 22% as of November 2020.
I know it's been hotly debated whether cities will die out or not, but I want to l...

Hello:

Although we live in Napa, CA, our real-estate portfolio is with properties in the midwest. We just understand that area the most. After looking at some multi-family properties here in Northern Califo...