Over the past 3 years, my girlfriend and I have acquired 4 rental properties.  We then quit our jobs, bought a 40' catamaran, and have been sailing around the world since this April of this year.  The only problem is ...

As a newbie where can I find information on how to get preforclosure information at the county step by step, example by videos or books

For many of us investors, we spend a large amount of time on the move and using our mobile devices.   While a do appreciate the relative ease of navigating the BiggerPockets website on a mobile device, I wonder how ma...

Hi BiggerPockets community - First off, just wanted to say a big thank you to all you wonderful people. You all are helping investors like myself who are just getting started to never lose hope and keep going. So from...

So, being a new investor I'm always looking for ways to save money. My thinking was by doing some things myself I can funnel the saved cash into the next deal, or I can gain experience by being hands on when possible,...

Good afternoon BP,Some day down the road I'd like to get into real estate development (commercial and residential). But while I spend my time in the trenches and flip SFH's and build a rental portfolio does anyone hav...

As you may have heard, today Fed annouced QE3 of 40B per month (i.e. printing press) with no end in sight. Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market. I wonder what it means to the real estate market...

Hello Everyone,

Yesterday I had a meeting with Tomie Raines Realtor Inc in East Lansing. Everything went really well and the training manager informed me on the expenses of real estate training at the company, prior ...

How long do you spend in meeting with a motivated seller. Do you do a quick walk through of the house to check condition and get down to business at the kitchen table?

I'm a fresh landlord and every time I come across home warranty promotion I wonder if it's better to spend that ~$50 for a peace of mind and also I can take that out of my capex/maintenance budget? since my expenses w...