Hi everyone,We recently purchased a duplex in Ohio we are going to owner-occupy and we are looking for any advice you all have as we become landlords. I’ve read the Book on Managing Rental Properties so I feel like I ...

Hello BP! I've got a story! I'm a deep South gal at heart, specifically HOTLANTA, but circumstances moved me to Central PA and my REI blood, sweat, and tears paid off in a big, personal way. My family needed a place t...

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My name is Kelly and I am in the beginning stages of my real estate career. I am very close to getting my real estate license within the next couple months. I am so happy to have found the BiggerPocke...

Greetings BP community. My name is Russell and I'm located in Palmdale, CA.  I first came upon BiggerPockets while searching for an investment podcast to listen to on the way to work.  The last 6 months I have been li...

Hello! I am new to BP but have read a couple of the books and listened to some podcasts and it seems like this is a good place for me to start.
My hope is that this summer I can get my SC RE license taking online cou...

Is any body having issues with less than scrupulous lenders or getting approached by scam artists posing as landers? I see it often - so much so that we decided to put in place, a five part process as part of our due ...

Before anyone gets the wrong idea, let me just say my wife is a wonderful, low maintenance, and supportive woman. For a couple of years, she pushed me to look into real estate investing (buy and hold) but I blew it...

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...

Hello! I am a new member of BiggerPockets and I see after completing my profile the next thing I should to is introduce myself to the Community! So here I am….I'm not always comfortable talking in front of a large...

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We’re looking for some advice on upgrading our 90’s kitchen and bathrooms. We will be doing the work ourselves, we plan on renting it out when we move out later this year. We already got rid of the wallpaper...