Article by Joanne Scoratow

May the REAL lenders step forward please.

The number one question I get asked by a new mortgage broker is, are you a direct lender? This is an intrinsically important question that ...

Does anyone go door knocking? houses going into foreclosure, code violations etc...

Seed Capital is one of the biggest challenges for investors. Having traveled to a number of real estate meetups, it is clear that people struggle with how to find seed capital. Getting seed capital for your first deal...

I have been using Tenantcloud to manage my 40+ units and so far I was satisfied from the features they provide for $144 per year. But recently they switched their payment provider from Dwalla to Stripe and Stripe star...

Hello Bigger Pockets family, long-time podcast listener and forum reader, first-timer poster!Quick back story: I bought my first rental property (1/1 condo) here in my hometown of San Diego 1 year ago. Ever since I le...

Hello everyone, I would like to have brokers who’d inform me of deals that meet my criteria. How does one go about doing thIs. I have a meetIng wIth one monday but I want multiple sources of deals

I would appreciate any recommendation for a cigarette smoke detector that either can be checked remotely by WiFi or that has a memory function.  I have a tenant in one of my units in a nonsmoking building who is smoki...

I’m finally wanting to pull the trigger on getting another property, but this time the primary goal of turning the sfr into an Airbnb. Couple questions:1) Unfortunately there’s no cohosts available in the area and nee...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 7, 2021)
Is Los Angeles a City-State? I ask this question because no one seems to know what Los Angeles is, exactly: city of angels, revenge city, or something else. In 1925, Aldous Hu...

Our very own Scott Trench has written an amazing book called Set For Life: Dominate Life, Money and the American Dream . On this episode of The BiggerPockets Podcast, he talks about his book, how to get ahead in life,...