I am planning on purchasing a rental property soon. I must ask, has anyone ever had a rental property in which things all of a sudden go wrong and you did not have the funds to fix properly while tenants were in pl...

According to a new article in the Wall Street Journal today, the number of investors flipping homes has reached a level not yet seen since 2007.   The article also goes to state that the average profit for a flip is n...

Hi all,I'm relatively new to BiggerPockets and have been learning a lot! Right now I'm in a savings phase for what will likely be a year to year and a half. I recently graduated college and got a job in NYC and right ...

Startup Pays Cash to Buy Homes, Flip Them: OpenDoor’s approach appeals to sellers who need to move quickly

Man, do I like this guy Phil and his videos and I'm definitely buying his integrity and the fact that he really cares about people learning and succeeding.  But obviously, he's a business man, a very successful one at...

Hello BP!I have been on the site about a month looking at various posts and decided now is the time for a formal introduction.First, a little background on me. I have a mechanical engineering degree and an MBS in fina...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/25/bernanke-delivers-warning-on-us-debt/

With uncharacteristic bluntness, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Congress on Wednesday that the United States coul...

Share your darkest experiences in real estate. List your five worst experiences. Here is mine to get started:- Kitchen fire due to tenant frying chicken on the stove top. Over $10K in damage. It was my first property ...

I'm very close to starting my first deal. Purchasing a multi-family property in the $200-350k range. I've identified a >10 unit property that has moved to the top of my list. Positives: $18.5k a unit, at least 1...

Without writing a full on book about this, just listed a property, currently listed for a little more than a week with all right interest on Zillow etc...first round of viewings went well with lots of compliments on t...