Dear BP family,My appraisal came in lower than I expected.What is the best course of action now?For the future, can I ask the appraiser to send me the draft before he submits it to the bank?In case the new appraisal i...

Hello BP Nation,I’m looking at purchasing my first RE investment property in the west suburbs of Chicago within the next 90 days. In an effort to mitigate the amount of catastrophic mistakes that I’ll make as a newbie...

Hi folks - I'm new to Bigger Pockets and to landlording. As I was getting started, I found a lot of great information here and hope it will be a good place to help me get started.I recently inherited a triplex with 3/...

What financial resources have you found to be the best place to secure personal lines of credit in the amount of at least $100K or more? What were some of the conditions you had to meet?

I just rented out my condo for the first time(in southern california). I lived there for a couple years and never really used the A/C. When it got really hot, I would turn it on once in a while but it never reall...

Hello BP investors and alumni, My name is Lawrence Taylor and this is my first official post. I'm excited to get feedback so let's get to it! I've been marketing now for about 3 months and I've noticed a heavy presenc...

With my burgeoning interest in real estate I decided to join Bigger Pockets to hopefully surround myself with people with whom I can talk about this business and maybe even work with in the future. In real life I'm su...

I'm going to start off by saying that we've made a lot of mistakes. My husband bought a house many years ago and had a family member live in the house. A year ago this family member came to us and said that she can no...

I am reading the Millionaire Real Estate Investor, about acquiring a million in real estate, then increasing equity to one million, then to one million a year in cash flow. I am just curious how many here on bigge...

Hey everyone,  I was interested in doing student housing and I know individual room rental is becoming popular. My question is, how do you determine rental rates when doing this? Do you just go by the going rate for t...