If you had to guess, what is the success rate in real estate investing?  Success being defined by someone being able to live above average lifestyle strictly based upon their earnings in real estate.I bet its below 5%...

Hello- I have been spending a considerable amount of time calling multifamily owners in my farm area and keep running into the same problem. Many of the owners would love to sell their property but have owned it for 3...

We just closed on a very nice home and are asking a higher rent for it. It's outside of the summer months when this house would typically rent and we have been struggling to find tenants. We have two young men who are...

We're trying to sell our first flip near Hagerstown, MD. The whole project, which we started back in September, has been a huge learning experience for us, as expected. Unfortunately, the selling part is not going so ...

Hey All,I have a property in Memphis Tennessee that I am looking to purchase. It is 168 units. I negotiated with the seller and he agreed to do the sale for 450 thousand dollars cash. My goal is to have the apartment ...

Greetings Bigger Pockets community!
After waiting and waiting for someone to spearhead a local investor meetup in the Fort Hood/Killeen area, I've finally decided to grab the bull by the horns and organize one myself...

Hi, I've been providing an ongoing log of my first direct mail campaign (here:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/517/topics/34...).  At the outset, I thought the weakest piece of this process would be fielding inq...

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I need help figuring out this process from beginning to end. My mother just inherited a small piece of land. It's 4 - 4.6 acres located right outside of Washington, D.C area. The location of it isn't as impor...

Just had my first response to one of my craigslist ads for getting leads. They were not happy. Kept calling me a scam. But Im letting it roll off me because not everyone is going to be happy. At first I was taken abac...

Hi! I’m Christine. I need help. I decided almost 10 years ago that I wanted to become a REI. My grandfather had multiple rental properties and at a young age I understood the benefits and was intrigued. No sooner had ...