Brian Fuerle
Discrimination against section 8
So I was advertising my mothers upstairs appartment out of Buffalo New York, ( The appartment is not section 8 approved) this is my first time renting out a space and I assumed you had to be approved to take section 8...
Miranda Simon
Long term Success in Real Estate
If there was one golden nugget; one tip, you could give that would aid in the long term success of a new real estate investor, what would it be?
Aard-Jan Gaag
the Netherlands
Hi All,I was wondering if here are any Dutch people around who are willing to meet me and talk about how to start in the Netherlands. I think it is a different game here than it is in the US and I was wondering if som...
Kelly McMillan
Help! Pet damges of $4500 above deposit.
I allowed a tenant to have pets (3 small dogs), with a pet deposit of $300. He was the first tenant in a newly renovated unit with refinished wood floors. After several visits in which I found feces on the floor, a gr...
Account Closed
Breaking FHA rules.
My girlfriend and I live in a house (with a conventional mortgage) that we don't wish to move out of. I want to get into rentals, but don't yet have the capital to put %20 down on a sfr in my area. I do however have t...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Tom J.
Morris Invest and Clayton Morris Review
I want to notify everyone and anyone that is currently looking at and considering a purchase of a property from Morris Invest. It is a scam. Don’t fall for the trap of the high returns. There is potentially a class a...
Manda Gouvion
How long did you wait/research before you jumped into investing?
It was just a couple of days ago I got this wild idea to invest in real estate. The thought originated as something my husband and I could invest in as a kind of self-paying college fund for our kids! So I'm halfway t...
Melanie Stephens
Seeking (More!) Biggest Mistake/Lesson Learned Stories
Hello BP investors!
I am looking for (more!) BP members to interview about their biggest real
estate mistakes and what they learned from them for possible publication
in BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.Stories will...
Erin Auman
Feeling a little discouraged
Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m never going to advance much further in this whole real estate business because I don’t have the money to make a deal. I’m introverted and terrible at sales and networking, so I’m str...