BP! Just got my first investment property under contract.  This will also be my first home!  Thanks to BP! I have learned a lot from this site and now am ready to get started building a portfolio.  Fingers crossed for...

**This is the intro to a possible multiyear diary. Sorry for the long first post, I wanted to give context. My goal is to update this every month when I update my personal balance sheet**So today is my 38th birthday. ...

I might be too ambitious but in my first two - three years the goal is to buy 1-3 houses every year for long term cash flow. I live in California and cannot afford what it has to offer at the pace I want to. I am a ri...

Do DSCR loans used on property purchased under a business name show up on personal credit? I’ve heard that they don’t but then I’ve also heard that they can if you miss a payment.

As everyone is getting for the holidays to ramp up and the new year to turn, I want to give some insight into a simple thing that me and my team have been doing to increase our ROI by about 10-15% each month.  Some pe...

I can't believe that it has been 7 years since the birth of BiggerPockets on October 22, 2004.

I put together a brief blog post and video on the topic (link below):
BiggerPockets Turns 7 - Happy Birthday

I wanted t...

Hi All. I am having trouble to sell the property in north subs of Chicago. I've listed it in end of May, and had 2 offers which I stupidly turned down, as I expected it to sell for higher price. Between mid June and n...

Well maybe not yet.  But you've got to start somewhere!Hey everyone!  My name is Brian, and I'm teaming up with my wife Elizabeth to achieve financial freedom using real estate as our vessel.Just over a month ago my w...

Hi everyone and thank you for taking your time to help. What are the differences if any to Airbnb Write offs and tax benefits compared to traditional rental or small multifamily rental properties? Depreciation, cost s...

Lost a renter at the end of August, still refurbishing the home. Doors missing, carpets filthy, shower walls rotten, paint, broken windows, general cleaning, more paint, uggh.

Today the renter at another hou...