When using creative strategies to buy-and-hold (subto/ seller finance, hybrids), how important is purchase price? In theory, purchase price only matters when you sell, and I’ve heard of many investors being willing to...

I was burnt out. For nearly fifteen years I had worked as a commercial photographer trying to balance art and commerce. I felt like I had failed. The commerce me had killed the creative me. The problem was that fi...

We will ask tenants to transfer utilities to their name before handing out the keys. However we are in Tennessee, and we are not sure if we can shot off the utilities on Tenants move in date. 

This is a 30 thousand feet overview of the process. Correct me if I"m wrong, then a couple questions at the end.  Motivated Seller has a property in pre-foreclosureWe set up a Subject 2 agreement with the sellerWe pay...

Hi All,This past weekend I had a tenant in a single family house (in CA) report that the heater / furnace was not turning on. I had a technician come out to diagnose the furnace - the diagnosis was that there was no e...

I was going to start sending out some yellow letters to properties I identified while driving for dollars. I have my home address as the return on the envelope. Is that stupid? Is it something I can let slide for this...

Hey BiggerPockets Community,
I'm looking for some advice on finding off-market real estate deals. I know there are tools like PropStream and BatchLeads that offer a lot of features, but they can be a bit pricey, with...

I found a nice apartment complex and the floor plan I like is on a third floor. In Florida the AC is running 49 weeks out of the year and for the majority of the time you’re home and want the temp to be comfortable....

Hello Bigger Pokcets,I wonder if that discussion came up. Lets say you have a 200K and you have an equity of 120K. Let's ignore the feasibility of a HELOC for an investment home and focus on the financials.Would it be...

I am looking at buying a place in Michigan, next door to my parents. The owner has let the house go, looks bad. I want to see if there is any liens on it now. I know it was about to go up for auction and he saved it, ...