I'm just beginning the tenant screening process and was wondering about some guidelines. My sense is that you can collect applications from anyone who fits your minimum criteria and then choose the "best" based on inc...

Hi Bigger Pockets! I have actually had a profile on this site for about 6 months now and I have just added a profile picture and created this introduction for myself. I guess I got caught up reading all of the article...

I purchased my first single family rental in Baltimore City and am currently looking to purchase a second one a year and a half later. In my opinion it’s a great market to find cashflowing properties and there are def...

I'm still a year or so away from making my first investment and will spend the next several months learning more... but it seems everyone want you to 'cut. your teeth' on a single-family/smaller number of units. Yet, ...

Hey BP. A few years ago I started working on a degree called a 'Masters of Real Estate Development for Architects' (MRED) at Woodbury University in San Diego after getting jaded in a traditional Masters of Architectur...

“Live where you rent. Rent what you own.”I’m sure many of you have heard Grant Cardone say this. I’m curious if anyone has applied it.My wife and I own investment properties and had our minds set on purchasing our own...

A 3/1 townhouse I own in Baltimore was trashed by a Section 8 tenant who moved out at the end of 2016. I spent more than I expected getting it back in shape. Then had difficulty renting it for several months, for vari...

I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing.  However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...

The rental industry remains one of the least disrupted multi-billion $$$ industries in the US... Other than software to make marketing, property management, researching properties, finding owner contact info and accou...

Hi all,I've been landlording for a year now. Earlier in the year, I had two rentals available, posted them online, got plenty of applications, got good tenants, all pretty straightforward. I pride myself on providing ...