Hi everyone!I am so glad to have found Bigger Pockets.  From reading several posts it's clear there is much wisdom here.  I am a real estate "investor" by default.  My problem is that my investment property loses mone...

I purchased a cheap Amana a few years ago and the detergent dispenser no longer works. I've priced out the fix and it is almost as much as I paid for the machine. So I've decided to bite the bullet and purchase a new ...

Mortgage experts - please help!!!!I have a house on 20 acres that we financed with private money less than two years ago. We have 5 years to cash out but would like to do so now (good rates/courtesy to the private mon...

If you were a single, self-employed, and location-independent worker, how would you go about identifying the best house-hacking opportunity in a tax-free US state? Ideally, I'd like to use a FHA loan to purchase a mul...

Since Socialism is the hot topic of the day, I would like to ask folks an honest question.

If you are a conservative, how are you able to support a war in Iraq with such a large price tag, yet be so against helping o...

I've fallen into a sort of 'Trulia Trance' - i.e. checking out various real estate listings on Trulia/Zillow/Realtor for hours - in hopes of finding a good buy-and-hold investment. While i'm particularly focused on th...

Hello! I am about to begin a rent ready renovation of a house in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta. I am unsure of how to proceed though because my exterminator says that it has bed bugs.

During the renovation, ...

My fiancé and are small time landlords. We own two duplexes and do all the work ourselves and both still work regular jobs. Sunday evening we received a text from our neighbors saying their downstairs toilet overflowe...

I wanted to throw some ideas and thoughts at the experienced crowd.Background: I currently live in El Cajon. Specifically in the area around the Main and Jamacha/Second intersection right off of the 8. In the past yea...

Hello everyone!Here's the situation we have:We closed on property 3 months ago, and had some past delinquency in the rent roll at the day of closing. We replaced the PM and the new guy successfully worked with the sta...