I'd love to hear from those who are on the cusp of leaving their 9-5's, their cubicles, their corporate golden handcuffs, for a new life as a passive or not so passive real estate investor.Will it be this year? Are yo...

So I am curious those of you with percentages to real estate assets versus buying businesses.The businesses tend to throw off really high cash flow but I only look to buy absentee owner type models where cash flow is ...

I have a tenant of a SFH that was in a bad accident March 1st. He was the lone occupant of his vehicle and there were 3 people in the other vehicle of which one died. He was in serious condition and has had surgery, b...

Out of Rat Race.  I don't NEED to do anything else but I WANT to intelligently pursue BIG OPPORTUNITY cardsIt seems intelligent to find someone I can pay $$ to help me think correctly about these opportunities.  A BIG...

I have 7 kids... here are some things teach and how I pray it conveys to the future1) Be a active helpful member of family - being helpful in society 2) Don’t expect handouts !! Work to better others first and in tur...

Hello BP Members,

My name is Geoff Woods and I am excited to be joining the Bigger Pockets community.

A little about my wife, daughter and I live in South Orange County. Currently, my day job is Medical Device Sale...

Hi everyone. I'm Andrew, I'm 28 and I've lurked around for a bit while trying to gain knowledge and finish building my own house. My wife and I have been talking about getting into real-estate investing for the last t...

Given the push for rent control schemes in Illinois -- and no doubt
elsewhere -- to limit year-over-year rent increases regardless of a
change of tenants, or to "preserve" as rent controlled an
apartment where a ...

So I've been dealing with a bad tenant situation since February of this year.  Filed an L1 to evict for non-payment of rent and also filed an L3 because the tenant finally agreed to vacate but then changed their mind ...

Hello my Bigger Pockets peeps
After an arduous 4 months, I FINALLY an REO property ( a lovely "good bones" 3500 sq ft) home in a fancy schmancy gated golf community. The HOA is a typical one in that it can be overbea...