Harvey damaged 203,000 homes in Houston - at least that's the number I read this morning. I'm sure it's going to go up. I read 90% of homes destroyed did not have flood insurance.Irma looks to be headed to Florida. Sh...

My wife and I are just starting out and now have two rental properties. We are excited about these opportunities so we can’t help but tell those who are close to us. We were sitting down and sharing all of the not so ...

Hi, this is my first time posting on BP, though I've been a longtime podcast listener and forum browser.  I bought my first rental property, a 2 bd 1 ba condo in Prince George's County, MD, about 8 months ago.  My pro...

Hello All, 
I am brand new to BiggerPockets and find it to be a great place comprised of helpful advice and expertise. I am a landlord of a single family home in California that has run my property as a charity rathe...

My “why” for started in this business is to financially support my daughter college tuition, room and board plus books and other expenses associate with college. Later expands to annual cruise travels and vacation hou...

I was recently reminded of a post @Arianne L. did on her success in real estate and when I went to that post again I saw how many people had been affected by it, so inspiring! Then I just happened to look at how many...

Hi everyone,

I listened to a webinar the other day that had an interesting idea. They called it residential backflipping. I'll try to lay out the basics from that webinar here (this is what Peter Conti and Jerry Nort...

I'm dealing with a nightmare tenant! This tenant has been late with rent for the past several months (even later than my five day grace period). Rent was due on the 10th of this month and of course it was late. The fo...

Does anyone know if it's possible to get a 1st Lien HELOC on investment properties? If so, what banks/lenders will do this? Any lenders have insight into this?

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...