Hey everyone,

I’m pretty new to BP and real estate investing as a whole, so I just wanted to seek some advice from anyone that has been through house hacking.

I live in the Portland, OR area and I’m looking to start...

I'm going to be hard lending money for the first time and I need some pointers. I've inspected the property with the lendee and I'm comfortable lending her 80% of the value. She's buying the property for 125k and I'm ...

Why do the interest rates charged on hard money loans vary so greatly from one State to another? Borrowers ask me this question all the time. For example, in California rates charged on hard money loans start as low a...

While reading over the local real estate news this morning, I stumbled across a headline that made me do a double-take and drop my spoon into my bowl of delicious honey nut cheerios:Sacramento Not On List Of Best Mark...

I have called a contractor out to fix the AC unit twice within the past month. I knew what the issue was but I didn't want to just blurt it out without any proof that they are turning the AC off when leaving the house...

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It’s 2020; a crazy C-R-A-Z-Y year. We are in the land ...

A little over 3 years ago, we initiated a system on the site called 'influence'. This
Influence System was designed to reward those users who engage and give back to BiggerPockets.

At first, the system was lauded al...

Hi all - Thought I'd share some of the "red flags" or warning signs I consider when accepting bookings at our vacation / short term rentals.  If several or most of these are present, I won't hesitate to deny or cancel...

Morning all!!...ok so I've been on BP now for 6 months and seem to have missed something really basic. My wife and I are committed to the RE business, but one question keeps popping up. How do afford/qualify to build ...

Hello there! I will have my RE License soon and I am aware it'll probably be around 60 days before I get my first commission after being licensed ( I am in a hot market and already have several people interested in li...