I live near the Portland Metro area and my goal with real estate is to buy and hold to build passive income to replace the income from my job.  I currently do not own any rentals and only have experience buying two pe...

Looking to get out of the active landlord business and exploring pure DST vs. 721 Exchange.
From my limited reading, a DST-721 Exchange seems to be a better option except it is a one-way door (no exchange back to DST...

At the end of every BiggerPockets Podcast Episode, we ask the same four questions (really five, because Brandon can't count.) How would YOU answer them? (Skipping 5 because self promotion is not allowed in the forums....

Hey Guys -

@Brandon Turner and I were just talking and we wanted to reach out to you, our PRO Members, to get your feedback on improving BiggerPockets PRO.

As you probably know, we're always working t...

I am new to investing and after a few deals that had multiple other offers that I didn't win out; I did execute a purchase agreement last weekend but doing more analysis on the property and potential rates being 7.5%,...

If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can?  So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio.  My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...

So, I don't own any investment properties yet, but since I'm already very busy with my main business I'm considering using property management right from the start. The metro area I'm investing in is located in Iowa, ...

Hey BP Nation!if you could rent out your primary residence, but would negatively cashflow approx $200/mo to do so, would you do it? Is there ever a point where the cashflow loss "makes sense" for you? Specifically, I ...

Hi investors,My first tenant moved out after 7 years and it is costing me $7-8k to fix!  What's your average move-out reno cost?  And how many years of cash flow is it wiping out?  This is my first move-out and I"m fi...

I'll keep this short. I bought a property from them for $85,000. After I bought it the property appraised for LESS THAN HALF that amount. On top of that they promised a "fully renovated property" - then a few years la...