My dad is a real estate attorney.  He and I are debating whether or not wholesaling is legal in CA.  He is arguing that it should not be done without a broker's license.  He says bringing buyers and sellers together i...

For people who use lawyers or are lawyers themselves, I'm just wondering if it's normal to be charged for simply responding to an email?

Usually these emails are simply one or two line responses or answers (that's ...

This came up in another thread and I thought it worth having its own discussion.

What do you think would encourage those people who come and read the site (available to non-members) to sign up and participate?

Ideas...

Hey everyone, first post on BP but been lurking for a bit. I know many people on here have started their REI journey with single family and other small investments. Some "gurus" out there say to skip the small stuff a...

I have a negative cash flow property out of state I bought about 10 year ago that was a mistake before I knew better.  Trying to decide to take a big hit and sell it cheap or hold on to it and hope market recovers.   ...

I always rekey all the doors in my rentals when I flip the units for a new tenant as I always worry about the liability of keys floating around. What is your practice ? What would be a landlords liability if a key fro...

This may be the strangest thing I have ever encountered in my time as a landlord. Here's a little background info: This property is managed by my property manager. It is rented at the highest amount it ever has been. ...

Hello,
this forum has been an amazing fountain of information. I am a real estate newbie and have just purchased my first home to live in, here in Knoxville. I was wondering if you folk had advice on this situation:
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I know the unicorn property offers both great cash flow as well as future appreciation, but how often does that actually happen? Other ideals would be low crime rate area as wellLooking at small multi family propertie...

Hi BiggerPockets - I am considering writing a lengthy discussion on how to invest a large lump sum of money effectively. This topic comes up for discussion a LOT here on BiggerPockets, as it seems there are many reaso...