What does the BP community think about 1st lien HELOCs as a way to free up equity in your primary home for investment purposes? If anyone has gone through the process, can you give any advice as to whether you recomme...

The role of the Appraiser is an odd one: Way too much art (opinions) and way too little science (data-analytics), with way, way, way too little accountability. While the world embraces tech tools to automate workflow...

obama received an award as man of the year from the newspapers guild over the weekend. No press was evidently allowed to attend(so much for transparency). Now today, a bill was introduced to allow the failing entities...

If you own property, particularly any property that is not your primary residence, please be aware and get involved! The passing of this proposition will nearly quadruple property taxes for short term rental propertie...

We have an applicant trying to complete an application for one of our rentals, but they do not have a social security number or a driver's license number- which are required fields for our background and credit check....

If you had to guess, what is the success rate in real estate investing?  Success being defined by someone being able to live above average lifestyle strictly based upon their earnings in real estate.I bet its below 5%...

Do you have a college degree? If so, in what field?
Has that helped you in your real estate investing? Or do you think you could have done with out it?
I am a firm believer that our path in life has lead us where we...

Hi, I am new to Bigger Pockets and would love to hear your opinion.
My partner and I would like to buy our first property for house-hacking in Canada to start our journey in real estate.
We have been researching ma...

Hi Everyone!So one of my big goals is to own a large multifamily apartment complex. So thinking back to Rich Dad Poor Dad, instead of saying "I can't afford it", I've been asking myself "how can I afford it". I though...