What are you favorite countertops to use for B- rentals? Replacing 30 year old countertops and plan on raising rents. Break even time frame is 18 months.

Now this is the story all about howOur flip got turned all upside downAnd we'd like to take a minute just sit right thereWe'll tell you how we lost $60k on a $1.25M flip-turned-new-construction that took 2.5 yearsOur ...

First Post here. Let me start by saying thank you to all of you for offering your time and sharing your experiences on this forum. I'm happy to be a member and look forward to building solid mutually beneficial relati...

Hello all, I have read many discussions on cold calling/direct mailing absentee owners. Before I begin this process however, I am interested to know how things progress if you actually get someone who is willing to en...

My wife and I bought our first rental house. Wow the place was a wreck but the more people I am talking to it seems to be the case when you purchase something off market. My question is the wood floors they are origin...

Hi BP community,I have a confession... I am considering investing in a 'D" area! The other day I was helping someone from my church who's mission group purchased an 8 plex in a "D" area of the Chicago suburbs. They ar...

Howdy - I'm an investor from California, looking to buy a mobile home park in Texas.  There's a direct flight from Santa Barbara, CA to Dallas, TX, which allows me to invest out of state.  Question to all you good-loo...

I'm considering investing out of state, and from what I've read here on BP, the best cash flow areas are in or around cities in the Midwest or South. Cities like Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Milwaukee frequently com...

Well the uber doom-and-gloomers have been decidedly reticent of late. This changed recently in the blog arena. Changes in purchasing patterns of bonds later this year seem to have everyone in a tizzy now.

I renew...

Hi Bigger Pockets community, I am 26 years old with an undergraduate education in geology. I've spent the last couple of years wandering aimlessly and it hasn't paid off to do so. Trying to reinvent myself, my strateg...