Investors who stay in tune with the local marketplace and apply the 70% formula as a guideline instead of a blanket rule will make their offers more competitive and their investments more lucrative.This post originally appeared on the BiggerPockets blog.

There are lots of people operating illegally and you can find them advertising properties illegally all over the BP Marketplace. 

They even pitched that I run marketplace adds for my property and refer homeroom (and if a lead goes to another property in the end, I do not get any sort of compensation).

Hello all,I am a new investor and have been looking at house boats on marketplace and have been wondering about their short term rental potential.

I opted to remove them and manage the property myself, utilizing platforms like Facebook Marketplace to find contractors.

Meetup.com is a good resource for those but some of the groups will also post here on Bigger Pockets Marketplace too.

the only ones that make this work are LAWYERS and PRIVATE Detective type companies .. the only ONE"S making money on this are these guys just dusting off OLD material joining the modern SM craze to suck in newbies that think they found some new system  LOL.. 

Check out common places online for buying and selling, like Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace.

At Marketplace Homes, we require all applicants to connect their bank accounts directly through Plaid to verify their income right from their account.

A fraud detection feature also alerts your bank when it detects suspicious activity.Why investors should use it: PocketGuard can be used by investors to categorize and track expenses.