I've just graduated from college, and don't start my new engineering job for another week. In the mean time, I've been reading a bunch of books and attending seminars on how to manage my finances. One of the first ...

I read this quite often: 'should I self-manage my property or hire a professional property manager?'
It's understandable why many investors and/or accidental landlords would opt to simply self-manage. Among other con...

I saw an apartment building down in Tampa that has 9 units it’s worth  $550,000 and it has a cap rate of 11.79% which seems pretty high to me and it looks like a good investment. I’m new to this I don’t know much. I k...

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I was reading a post by one of the Guru's on this site. He was explaining how to get started in REI and the steps to take to achieve a financially stable goal. One of the points he mentioned was in ...

Hi Everyone!My name is Erick Berthaldan and I am a real estate investor and mortgage broker based in the Bay Area. (Oakland specifically) I've been a long-time reader of the forum but my goal this year is to get re-en...

Hi BiggerPockets!  My name is Kamia Atkinson from Atlanta.  I am new to Real Estate Investing, and very excited and ready to learn.  I took a free Than Merrill Real Estate seminar a few weeks ago, and signed up for th...

I just got my license but I don’t have a huge sphere of influence. I have coworkers from my current job but they don’t want to be bombarded with emails and phone calls from me. I talk to them about being an agent. Is ...

Hello. I plan to buy my first rental and received a pre-approval from a mortgage broker for a loan of 6.068%. I understand that the interest rate is higher when you buy an investment property, but I have really good c...

Hello to the fantastic BP community! Life changers, you all are. But you know that. :)I'm near completion of finalizing my fourth buy-and-hold property in Indianapolis via turn key and I continue to get this feeling t...

I am thinking of getitng a list of absentee owners from a very known site and startind sending out letters to find asbentee owners sellers. Starting with 500 letters in the Houston area. Does this or will this actuall...