Looking to dialoguge on this topic so let me begin by saying this;
I do not believe that we should have an open border, however in a country where we enjoy the melting pot status, where Ellis Island brought in the an...

Hey Everyone -
I wanted to report in with some incredible news. January was our best month on BiggerPockets and we ended up just shy of a monster milestone: 500,000 unique visitors for the month.

That's right -- we...

How can people pay ever-increasing prices that exceed their income growth (buying or renting)? Why wouldn't they just build somewhere else? Before anyone hurls rocks at me!.. Here's the premise:

High-demand...

Hey BP, curious if anyone has thoughts on the BP calculator with regards to the Rental Property analysis vs the 50% rule? I've been using the rental property analysis calculator and when I plug the expense numbers in ...

I own 1 multifamily property that I purchased/financed on my own.  I'm currently in the process of saving up to purchase another similar property (which has been a slow process so far).  I've thought about getting tha...

If you could go back in time, to the start of your investment journey, what would you tell your younger self?  Anything that you wish you would have known when you first got into real estate? 

Here is an interesting article that compares the current climb of oil prices into the stratosphere with the recent housing bubble. The theory is that the oil market is as unsustainable as the housing market was. I hop...

New figures are out. Many have been warning of further drops in values and PATIENCE will be a virtue in acquistions if you wait. Well, we now have the worst month recorded in the last 5 years... This can't be good for...

I am currently setting up my goals and would like to be realistic in my projected returns, because a couple of percentage points make such a huge difference.My goal is to use $60K of my own cash from income or to use ...

Hi everyone,  I came across a 6 unit MFH. Asking is 54k, my contractor said it would be 80-120k to completely update the property (it is vacant, mostly cosmetic but still run down). The property would gross 3-3500 a m...