My sister and I are new to REI, but we're stoked as hell to jump in, and we happen to be lucky enough to have access to ~$275K in cash. We're trying to think through what is the best approach for investing this cash i...

I have a room for rent and I happen to know that the person who wants to rent it would not be a good tenant because they have had not paid their rent in the past and cause problems for other tenants. It was not docume...

My husband and I have been house hunting and are about to submit an offer on a house in Bothell.The sellers would like to stay past closing and rent until they find a house. Our agent says this is common. BUT we recei...

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Looking to relocate to Denver/Boulder in 3-5 years with my fiance by transitioning 100% from my W-2 to ful...

Any silver lining there. 100,000 creditors. 78,000 homes empty, population 700,000, down 1,300,000 from the glory days. 40% of the street lights are out, half the parks closed and over 100 schools closed. Highest crim...

Hello BiggerPockets!My parents have worked hard throughout their lives to put their kids through school and pay down the mortgageby the end of this year they will have finally paid off the house and are hoping to reti...

I am shocked to see how few members prefer investing with cash only, no leverage.  My current strategy is to buy a house or 2 each year for the next 7 years all cash.  This should position my family to cover all of ou...

Hi, folks!After tons of hours of reading, watching and listening to everything real estate investment related I decided to finally get my first investment property. However, I still cannot decide what should be my fir...

So many people love rental properties and even though I like the monthly income I don't like being bothered with the overhead. When I think about after you pay the mortgage, insurance, taxes, plus maintenance you have...

First, here is some background on this deal. My wife and I are new investors located in Houston.  This is the second home that we have rehabbed.  I thought we made every mistake in the book on the first house, but aft...