Eminem made me scared to invest in Detroit.Not really.  Ive seen some stats that've waived me towards the city though and Ive lined up funding to where its time for me to pull the trigger. I'm a full time contractor o...

Hello BP Community,I am curious how people estimate rehab costs on an auctioned house that you aren't able to see ahead of time.Is there a formula? Exit strategy is rent or flip depending on what the market is doing w...

I have a small portfolio of 18 rental units in Fall River and New Bedford (Massachusetts) which I purchased a little over 1 year ago. These buildings were in somewhat of a distressed state including several vacant uni...

Can you use your Roth IRA to buy your first rental property? I was curious, I been putting a lot of money into my Roth but also saving extra funds on the side for strictly Real Estate . Please comment below some strat...

I'm in process of setting up self directed Ira acct either with equity trust or broad financial.  Equity Trust charges very high yearly fee plus different fees for different services. So which company is better? Looki...

Hi everyone!  I am looking at purchasing 2 multi-family properties and they would be my first investment properties.   I have 20% down and excellent credit and am looking for conventional mortgages.  When buying an in...

Hi All,I'm extremely new to REI and have been searching and watching the market in a certain area in New Jersey for quite some time. I have spend many days in the area, driving around, evaluating etc. I finally found ...

I'm getting ready to buy my first place, a 2-flat, and I'm curious how I should look at my cashflows since I'm using a HELOC from my primary residence as a downpayment.  If my CF on a monthly basis is enough to exactl...

This is my first post. I made my very first investment purchase in July of this year. It was a 2/1 single family home three blocks from the only high school in town with an appraisal of 86k. The house was gutted by pr...

A sibling and I are interested in dipping our toe into flipping. We looked at a few properties and found one that we like. It's a homepath property and we can't get a straight answer on whether it will qualify for con...