Just bought an older house and have explored rewiring.  As was mentioned in another thread, I'm thinking about waiting until winter time to get bids on the work because everyone seems to be swamped in my area (San Mar...

I'm trying to get started with preforeclosure flipping in King County, Washington State. I read RCW 61.34 but as a non-lawyer found it confusing, tangled, and murky. In an effort to understand it better, I went throug...

Just a tip for you all starting out… Don't rent to strippers, hair stylists, bartenders etc…  If they are in the cash business, they are uncollectable.  You need to find someone with a good job that is not worth leavi...

I just got a pretty severe lecture from a house buyer. Trying to figure out this game and making your way as a wholesaler title companies etc are going to look at you like you've got two heads from time to time. "Peop...

In another thread, @Bill Gulley and I had a brief discussion on underwriting guidelines. Rather than take that thread off topic, I created this one to hopefully further the discussion. The main contention was whether ...

Hello All. I'm an avid listener of the BiggerPockets podcast and figure I've been missing chances for good insight on the forums too, so here goes one of my first posts!My partner and I are getting pre-approved for a ...

Hi,Listening to some of the podcasts and reading the blog, I keep feeling this inner red flag that keeps popping up in me.  I get the feeling that a lot of folks are advocating being over leveraged and taking on an un...

I have recently read a post that mentioned high cap rates can be risky?I am new to investing and up until the other day, I believed that the higher the cap, the better the income. What are the pros and cons of this? I...

About 10 days ago, I started a thread comparing investments in Cash Flow versus Appreciation properties.  The response was overwhelmingly in favor of Cash Flow.Are there ANY investors investing for appreciation out th...

Hi, I got a potential tenant that has a service dog. I check tenant Facebook page, her dog is a pit bull. Is it legal in all 50 states to take a pet deposit for a service dog? I usually only take $50 for pet deposit (...