We had just made an offer and it was accepted. A couple hours later we find out there was a shooting just 2 blocks down on the same street. The neighborhood is generally pretty nice. Somewhere between a C moving towar...

Many agents give thank you gifts to their buyers or sellers, once the property has sold. What is the best 'Thank You' gift you have ever gotten?

Hello,  My name is Mike,I am really new into the real estate investing sector.  I do own some property but nothing has been stickly for buy/fix/sell purposes.  Currently own 2 homes and 1 Condo.  One property is a pri...

Hey guys just joined the site, love it! Was wondering if you would suggest buying a house for yourself first vs renting Or buying a rental property first? If buying a home for yourself first would the bank let you bu...

My 100th post! Not the biggest success story, but my latest problem solved. (Big Announcement at the end!)Here is the story of how I turned a broken lease into a $300/month rent increase. It really isn't that hard, I ...

Brandon Turner dropped some big news today on the podcast! 
Since 2012, when Brandon started co-hosting the podcast with BiggerPockets' founder Josh Dorkin, he has impacted and inspired millions of real estate inves...

Hey guys! New to investing and Bigger Pockets, but super eager to get started on the journey.  My husband and I have spent the last few months reading all the books and listening to all the podcasts, essentially going...

Hello, I'm brand new to BP but looking to learn quickly...which will mean asking lots of (but hopefully not to many "dumb") questions. This may be a question with an obvious answer, but I'm curious, when a property ap...

I'm glad you made this off topic forum because I really was looking for a place to just rant about... well... how pissed off I am (pardon my language). Not that I want to air my issues on the web, but I think some of...

I'm a total newbie to Bigger Pockets, but not to Real Estate in general. My husband and I have flipped (cosmetic updates) a couple houses that we've lived in and are ready to make a move to a buy and hold rental prope...