Hello everyone,This is my first post, and I'm a real rookie as a landlord/investor, so bear with me.  I own an up to date high rise condo in the Lake Merritt area of Oakland that is paid off and rented to excellent te...

Hello BP family!  Happy New Year!I'm hoping to get some examples of successful (or not so successful) partnership strategies you have loved or regretted, with either single family buy and holds (BRRRR's), or flips.  I...

Hi everyone, I am a newbie out of South Carolina I am looking to seriously start investing in real estate I would like to do some flipping deals as well as buy and hold properties.

I am currently working on my first ...

To the folks who have gone from real estate as a lucrative hobby to opting out of your W2 and transitioning to a business-After you have developed your business plan; the how, the why, and the what at some point you w...

I'll try to sum this up with an effort to be succinct.  Local bank gave us a 30 yr fixed rate through Freddie Mac on our first duplex.  The duplex and loan will be in her name only.  We're going to be using a small pa...

Hi All! My name is Johnny and I recently joined the Bigger Pockets site after weeks of listening to the BP Podcast! I'm originally from Cincinnati, OH and moved to Los Angeles about 5 years ago.  I had been working in...

So my wife & I have been looking to invest in real estate in St. Louis, MO for the past 6 months or so, and really would like to start with multifamily. We already own a home that we'd like to stay in. One of my s...

Hey everyone, I’m just getting started investing in real estate and I really want to understand why people aren’t investing in groups of 3 or more. I’m posing this question to investors of all types: short-term or lon...

We've found a great off-market, small multi-family investment opportunity in our desired area (north whatcom county, WA). It's perfect for us because it's close to our other rental (and our home) so we can self-manage...

I called my mortgage broker this week and learnt about yet another emerging trend that gave me goosebumps! He told me that the agency lenders are now becoming more particular about having key principles on deals the...