In my last post of 2015, Top 5 Reason to Buy Real Estate Not Named Cash Flow I brought up some reasons that investors may consider real estate a potentially sound investment due to other reasons than cash flow. Before...

So here's the issue. I've been renting  a SFH in the rural midwest to a young, single gentleman for 3 years now. Seems like a good guy, quite a hermit. Goes to work, comes home, goes to church, load his dogs and heads...

Hello everyone! I want to take a few minutes to introduce myself. I am located in the Orlando area (Clermont), and have been in the real estate industry for about 4 years. I started out wholesaling part-time while I w...

Hi all, my name is Ian. I am a 23 year old investor located in the Charleston, SC area. I originally got into real estate to work on the investment side, but I have also been a licensed agent since I was 18 years old ...

Hi BP community,I manage a multi-tenant retail strip (9 units).  The property is fairly new (4 years old).  I am seeing some black spots in sidewalks, curbs, some dirt built up in parking lot so I am thinking it's tim...

This is a shared living situation, with me as the roommate sharing property.

My policy has been "no smokers, no way."

I keep getting smokers inquire, even though I put "no smokers" in the ad.

A few have even come ...

Our very own Scott Trench has written an amazing book called Set For Life: Dominate Life, Money and the American Dream . On this episode of The BiggerPockets Podcast, he talks about his book, how to get ahead in life,...

So an experienced CPA recently told me that essentially all costs incurred prior to placing a tenant are considered to be acquisition costs and get written off only as depreciation. Is this true? I'm sure he knows wha...

Hey everyone. I thought it would be helpful to document my thought process as I start in real estate investing...mainly for myself but maybe it will help others somehow. Learn from my mistakes, but hopefully my succes...

Inspired by this thread here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/152...I was just pondering what I personally spend a month on food..I looked at all my credit card purchases for food/snacks/drinks (only th...