Alicia Marks
QOTW: How long did it take you to purchase your first investment?
Welcome to our question of the week! Based on last week's responses, we have a lot of lurkers that have not purchased their first property. Buying the first, or even second and third can feel pretty nerve wracking. So...
Ross Bowman
Peak of the market: gurus everywhere
Something I remember reading in Josh Dorkin's book, about economic cycles, is that one sign you're in the Peak Phase of a real estate market is that there are real estate gurus everywhere.I can't stop seeing this now....
Mike R.
Los Angeles has gone housing market crazy.
I have been renting a house for the past 7 years in LA and now sadly the family wants to move back in. I figured it's time to buy my own place, especially with rents so high, but timing couldn't be worse. Every home h...
Rich Weese
Anyone really interested in construction??
I just replied to a thread and it made me wonder. I'm not on BP very often any more, but I still have a vast experienced history. One thing I haven't seen much is a how to or step by step approach to actually building...
Natalie Cloutier
Coronavirus: email to send to your tenants
I got a lot of questions on my Instagram yesterday about the email we wrote to our tenants addressing this outbreak so I decided to include the letter we wrote here in case it helps anybody :) I think a lot of landlor...
John Hickey
How to build a real estate empire in high Crime area
Trying to figure out the best way to close this deal. It's a package of smaller mixed use properties in Newburgh NY. 8 buildings mostly brick 36 units. The gross income is close to 300k expenses 100k. Purchase pric...
Carlos Ptriawan
Are we the last generation of landlord ?
Especially @James Hamling , just read a market statistic and its mind blowing.The age of first time home buyer in California is now 49 years old, in 1980 it used to be 32 years old.In TX: 37 years old and FL is 42 ...
Heidi B.
Are we reliving 2006 in 2016?!
When we purchased our 3 unit bldg together (newly married) in 2006, there not yet any red flags of the pending housing crash that reared its ugly head that very same fall. Some say 2008 but this part is not impt to t...
Joshua Dorkin
BiggerPockets Real Estate Conference: Is it time?
One of my goals over the past 6 years has been to produce a real estate investing conference unlike any we've seen before. I believe that BiggerPockets is in a unique position to create a conference that changes the ...
Adriana Arnold
Ongoing eviction from hell in California
Hello All,
I am brand new to BiggerPockets and find it to be a great place comprised of helpful advice and expertise. I am a landlord of a single family home in California that has run my property as a charity rathe...