Relatively new BP member who is also a fee based CFP.  I find concentrated positions held in small businesses/RE to be the best wealth generator a person could have.  Feel free to ask me anything about investments, fi...

Hey All,I'm new to Bigger Pockets and this is my first question. How do I get my tenants to pay on time in one shot. Now before you go off and say the obvious, let me give you a background. I have 156 multi-family apa...

All:I just had an investor friend casually mention to me that he had just left a negotiation with a seller in which he saved $10,000 on the purchase price. In one hour.That's an incredible return on his time. And it g...

My husband and I own a side by side duplex in the suburbs of Wisconsin. We signed new tenants to a lease in July and honestly they've been nothing but trouble since then. They break the blinds then want us to pay for ...

Hey everyone, first time on here. Hope everyone is doing great. I'm looking to get some feedback/advice/thoughts on this situation with a family member and there property.. They have a tenant who started to pay late c...

Good evening BiggerPockets!Underwriting multifamily acquisitions and developments can be oft seen as tedious, lackluster tasks. Due to this, syndicators and fund managers alike have elected to outsource this work. In ...

As the title says I am wondering how to compete with all the cash buyers in my area.  One of which owns over 90% of the apartment buildings as well as almost all commercial buildings in town.  He also frequents the ci...

Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
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In January I will have about $35,000 freed up to invest. I am a retired government worker  with a pension and I have ZERO real estate experience, other than my own home. The government pension means I need a second so...

I've been buying the 9 year water heaters lately from Home Depot and have been thinking about purchasing the 12 year heaters from now on but is there really that much of a difference between a 6 year and a 12 year oth...