On December 11, Oracle, the world's largest data base company, announced it was moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin. The announcement, coupled with major expansions underway by Apple, Facebook, Tesla...

Hi all, I just put in an offer for a house built in 1994.  It's an otherwise great house except it has the dreaded polyblus...  It has an unfinished basement so if need be, it wouldn't be terribly bad to replace the e...

Hello everyone! Stumbled on bigger pockets after picking up Brandon turners book on rental property investing. Love the community aspect of bigger pockets and furthermore the aspect of like minded people! I'm in my in...

I have a duplex that I house hacked. It's a side by side long ways and I live in the back unit. So my renters front and rear door are in the front of the property and my front and rear door are on the back of the prop...

As a new years resolution I am cleaning out, throwing out to get organized and de-clutter. I just came across a letter from my mother from 1997 (I just graduated from college) In the letter she states that she just re...

Hello BP community, I'm a real estate investor from Indiana moving to the Minneapolis area soon.  I've started my research but wondered if I could save time by finding a realtor familiar with the area.  I'm in the mar...

Hey everyone, I could use your help and advice on how to discourage tenants from breaking their leases early.Context: I own a single family home in Oakland and rent out 3 of the 4 bedrooms. So far, my net vacancy rate...

I have lots of debt from student loan, credit cards, etc. Trying not to let it stress me out. Went against my credit building knowledge last year (all mortgage FICO scores were close, or over 700 at the time), and too...

Let's say that you were not purchasing properties needing lots of rehab or trying to actively flip. Rather wanting cash flow in good neighborhoods with appreciation and cape rate contraction. Why would one purchase co...

Hey everyone! I've been learning about real estate for the past several months, but I'm new to Biggerpockets. I'm a first year dental student living on student loans. I'm hoping to do my first Wholesale at some point ...