Hello BP! We are managing our first rental property and have come across a concern with pets at the property. We approved 1 dog (specifically identified on the lease) for the tenants. We recently learned that they too...

What single piece of advice would you give to a newbie to share the hind sight you've no doubt experienced by this point. Knowing what you know now, what would you have done?

I spent many years as an industrial/architectural paint sales rep. I feel like I could answer and have probably dealt with most issues you encounter so please feel free to shoot me a message if I can ever help you out! 

I live up in the Bay Area, have a nice job and a wonderful house, but still with a wife and two young kids, feels like you can't get ahead here because its so expensive.  Also hard to do any real estate investing when...

It's technically legal in WA to grow it with a medical card which he says he has and would gladly show me. I don't know what the effect on insurance would be or if they can prohibit it. He is offering to pay higher de...

Well guys..what can I say. The fun never ends. Day one with a new tenant in my duplex, and the tenant next door text me that her unit smells like weed. I lived next door to my tenant for over a year and she doesn’t sm...

Hey BiggerPockets family!We'd love to see (or hear) about your worst home renovation fails, and how you were able to fix them :)Sometimes you learn the most from someone else's mistakes --- and sometimes you just need...

My father is interested in possibly getting a retirement home close to the Ocean.  What markets close to the ocean would be the most affordable for both retirement and getting a few buy and hold cash flow investments ...

Of course, it still has to pass the Senate - and it faces an uphill battle there - but the House of Representatives has voted to abolish Dodd-Frank .What are your thoughts? 

Do people still buy property in California for any reason other than the weather? Seems like everything else about California sucks. High taxes. Soft on crime. People just stealing whatever and whenever they want. Hom...