Amanda H.
“Bad” neighborhoods - buy rentals or not?
I’m looking at a great deal in a not great neighborhood. Not great as in lower income, higher crime, and from what I can tell driving through, mostly African American neighborhood. Should I avoid this area all togethe...
Raeshelle C.
Feeling hopeless. I need help
I want to buy a duplex and live in one of the units. My ultimate goal is to have a portfolio of real estate and be wealthy, but I want to start with a duplex I can live in. If I had $20-$35K I could start this path of...
Brandon Turner
WHO has helped you on BiggerPockets?
Name something you've learned from someone on BiggerPockets (podcast, forums, blog, whatever) and tag the person from whom you learned it. Name as many people as you want, but please limit your posts to one-person...
Johnny Pineyro
Oregon Declares Statewide Rent Control
Mates,Curious what the collective thoughts are on this recent legislation and how it can impact us as investors in the multi-family space in that state? I understand there are limited exceptions to implementation as ...
Bret Rubash
Can I go Zero to Hero???
Is it possible in Real Estate to go from nothing to being successful in Real Estate Investing? I want to get into this I know for a fact I have the smarts to do this. My problems is I am a single 29 year old with no k...
Tariq B.
$16,000 renovated house renting for $1,000+/mo
So if you don't follow me then you probably don't know how I get numbers like these. To be short, I am able to do it because I do all of the renovation myself. I'm writing this tonight to show people it can be done. T...
Ken Barrett
First House or First Investment Property?
I apologize in advance if this topic is covered elsewhere... I've searched around and all I've found is a topic about purchasing a vacation home instead of an investment property. But here's my situation... I'm a 25 ...
Mike S.
1% rule way more work and less profit?
Seems impossible to get 1% in booming cities like NY, Boston and San Francisco... in Boston you are lucky now to get 1/2%. Maybe with development you can get 3/4% but its hard. I often think about the places that get...
William S.
Milwaukee is driving me nuts.
Please excuse me for a moment, but Milwaukee is driving me absolutely nuts. I don't understand how you investors make it work here. The properties are in junk condition, your property taxes are absolutely out of contr...
Susan Wilhite
Marketing to LGBTQ community
Among other demographics, I'd like to approach the LGBTQ community in selling a standalone residential property. Word-of-mouth, of course. How else?