Hey fellow BP'ers!I'm considering a direct-mail marketing campaign as as a way to find motivated/relatively unmotivated sellers to think about selling their home to me in specific subdivisions.  My question is does th...

Hello! I was wondering what you thought of buying single family homes in Texas (specifically Austin), the pros and cons. I live in Arizona but I see a good opportunity for real estate in Texas. Also some tips on buyin...

Often I'm asked what are some of the tasks my property manager should perform for me as an owner/customer? Some of the tasks depend on the management agreement, but an important tasks are occupied property visits, and...

I own a condo in Gulf Shores that does really well on VRBO/Airbnb. I am looking to purchase my next property. Our original goal was to purchase a property in the areas we love to visit so that we can make money and vi...

Hello BP community,I'm a new real estate investor living in the Bay Area. I'm an engineer and fortunate to have 2 properties in an expensive area but my rental property is not cash flowing. I've done extensive researc...

Hello Biggerpockets audienceI recently been reading a good amount of posts of Biggerpockets members sharing horror stories when investing long distance. There is also likely 10 horror stories that is not shared for ev...

Although many real estate entrepreneurs have had broad success with marketing by email, direct mail, telephone, and other channels, why haven't such technological forms of marketing come to completely replace the olde...

Hello all, I'm currently doing a 1031. I have approximately 55 days to purchase. I'm selling California real estate and the prices of course are high, and I'm moving to a more stable market. I've decided to purchase n...

HiI recently saw a property on zillow. It is listed as for sale by owner and the asking price is well below the market value of the home. I sent the owner a message and yesterday, got a reply from someone in London cl...

I heard somewhere that there is a seven dollar per diem write-off allowed for food when visiting a rental property. Does anyone know if this is correct? Seems a little low.