Hey, how's it going! I'm excited to be here at Bigger Pockets. I've always been interested in real estate but I've really ramped up the research the past few weeks. I read "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Br...

Hi everyone - is it common for HELOC appraisals to come in lower than conventional mortgage appraisals?  Last spring my property appraised for $135k and this past fall it appraised again for $85k. No drastic changes t...

Hi Everyone,
New to the community and glad a resource like this exists. My wife and I recently purchased our first property in Oakland, CA by the MacArthur BART train station if anyone is familiar. It's a duplex so w...

I've been involved in the SFH game for a while and have had some success with it. But lately, I've had a strong desire to jump into investing in multifamily units. I'm currently reading the book Multi Family Million...

I have a rental where market rent for this SFR is around $2000/mo.  It's been vacant since June.  That's puts it vacant for about 4 months now.  I started advertising it at $2100 and steadily lowered it to now $1700. ...

I recently decided to become a full-time real estate investor but quickly realized the amount of time I have on my hands. I’m in the process of getting my license and Ive been doing DMs, barely going outside. What are...

Have 100k cash and need a plan . Advice ?!?!

Hello, My name Is Joshua and I am new to the Bigger Pockets community. I am interested in building passive income through rentals but I have done a couple flips to build my wealth faster. My girlfriend and I would lik...

New update on the BH&J Rent vs Buy Index.

https://business.fau.edu/departments/finance/real-estate-initiative/bhj-buy-vs-rent-index/bhj-summary/

Interesting to note that most major markets have officially cross...

I'm trying a new tactic where I am going to text the listing agent a low, all-cash offer on distressed properties that I find on the MLS. I am going to generate my offer price based on ARV and work backwards from ther...