I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...

At one point somehow I accidentally paid my mortgage on an investment property twice in the same month.

That was dumb, I thought, after realizing my mistake. However, instead of calling the bank and trying t...

Hello everyone,Newbie investor here with 2 rental properties under my belt. Now that i've been bitten by the bug I'm ready to keep going. I want to do the best planning ahead that I can. From all that I have read here...

Today we entered into a contract to buy a 3 bed 2 bath House in Kansas City Mo for $145k. The house will rent for $1500 to $1700 per month.I’m teaching my daughter how to create a monthly budget and will set up a sepa...

Hello all,Long time lurker, first time poster so be gentle.I live in a small college town and I found a 6-unit apartment that I'm considering purchasing. I have a friend currently renting there ($600/mo) but he's movi...

Do you believe that we should be willing to  pay more tax to help house the homeless?I'm going to ask again in a minute, but first am going to tell you about 2 of my properties.Rental 1.I've owned it for  4 years  wit...

Hello everyone! I'm new to BiggerPockets and just finished reading Brandon Turner's "The Book on Rental Property Investing". I live in Portland, OR, where the housing market is very high for rental property investing....

I am just begening in real estate investing obtaining as much knowledge as I can before I dive in. I understand that real estate is a slow grind and in by no means of getting rich quick. My first goal of mine was want...

any other investors out there buying multi families for cash flow...most of the investors on this site seem to favor single families for cash flow, but to me it seems you get better cash flow on 3 family properties th...