The 50% and 2% are good rules of thumb, but what are your specific criteria in your area(s)? How stringent are your requirements and how often do you reevaluate them?

I'm trying to figure out how specific most invest...

A friend of mine is using OneRooftop for hosting his vacation rental website that synchs with VRBO, Airbnb, etc, but also allows him to take direct payments from his website. I'm considering looking into it, as suppos...

Hello Bigger Pockets!My name is James and I am a new and excited cash flow buy and hold out of state investor from sunny Southern California (Inland Empire, Redlands). Like many investors in California, the properties...

I recently started as an agent in SC after a move, therefore lacking a sphere of influence, friends or family to work for and gain experience. Going off of the 80/20 principle there must be key tasks that have improve...

I really shouldn’t spend too much time on this because my offer very well simply be declined by the owner. But we do have rapport, so I figure it’s worth a try. Here’s the situation, we’ve rented here for 12 years fro...

Hello all,Currently living in Hawaii finishing up my last year of grad school (I have a little less than 1 year left). Have a family of 4 and currently renting. My wife works full-time, while I have part-time work (no...

I need some saavy investors to give me a few outside the box strategies for obtaining accurate home values when working property leads.  I have MLS access but don't trust my judgments. Actual appraisals are too costly...

Hoping I can get some input on how other members have tackled this situation that I've been finding increasingly more difficult.Starting with some back story of the current situation:Im 22 years old. I've had a busine...

Hi everyone! What a great website! I stumbled upon BiggerPockets while browsing the web for budgeting ideas. My name is Jaden. I currently live in northern Utah. I am a 24 yr old senior in college and will be graduati...

Hi allI have listed for sale over 150 short sales, and closed about 80% of them.  After years of selling my hard fought listing to private investors all over the world I saw the light and became a investor myself.  My...