At the end of March I'm going to a wedding in Tucson AZ, and am planning to turn it into a vacation by heading to California from there. Wondering where to go? What to check out? I often fantasize about moving there a...

I have a funny tenant story. I need you guys to tell me how you would deal with it since its an example of the little expenses that can eat up your profits.

My tenants were complaining loudly and often that their ho...

I've found a few deals but the properties are inhabited by tenants who are either in the process of being evicted or they need to be evicted for being behind on rent. Should this stop me from buying the properties? Wi...

Hi BPer's, @Tom A. and I have been collaborating on a SE Michigan BP Meetup. We are looking to create a monthly meeting that is more on a personal level compared to a normal REIA.

This event is an open ...

This past week when checking on something in the attic of one of our active rehabs, our handyman gave us a call explaining how he had found some pretty disturbing items. When he had been in there a month prior, the pl...

$5,000 a Month
What Will it Take to Create Such Passive Stream of Income?
So you want to be financially free you say? Ok cool. I want to be an astronaut. There is a gap between what I want and what I have. I am abou...

Had breakfast with a close friend of mine this morning and I explained that my goal was to eventually have minimum of $5,000 month coming in (after taxes) from rentals in low income / working class neighborhoods.  And...

Hello again BiggerPockets community!Next month I am going to make my way down from New York to Arizona to have a fresh start, and ultimately to start my real estate business. I am 19 years old and I am dropping out of...

I'm looking at a multi family unit which would be a turnkey rental opportunity for me.  I'm a total newbie so I've run the numbers two dozen times with conservative assumptions on everything (high vacancy, high repair...

Last year I considered gifts, but didn't do it. Yesterday I did, and it was a lot of fun. I took my 18 YO daughter and 4 and 5 YO sons to Costco, then to 14 tenant homes across 3 counties delivering cookies. Hones...