Hello Bigger Pockets! My name is Brad Semenoff and I am a relative newbie when it comes to real estate investing. I say relative because I was lucky enough to keep our first townhouse as a rental unit when my wife an...

Realtor.com came out with their 2018 housing forecast and the top 100 largest metros, ranked by sales and growth, and #1 is Las Vegas. This is another honor, and another organization give Las Vegas high honors. Below ...

Hello BP community! I'm new to just about everything real estate. I took a chance on myself a few months to invest full time after educating myself for years now. So far I have invested in two deals and want to propel...

What is everyone's thoughts and opinions on accepting credit card payments from tenants?  I have generally veered away from credit card payments as now the tenant is in debt to my company and the credit card company c...

I find investors talking about the '07-'09 Real estate crash and I remember something very different. I read articles about why it happened and think, I don’t think that was the case at all. What did the crash look...

I found out that the prices for properties in Las Vegas right now are really low. And I was wondering if people were picking them up. And if not, why are people not buying properties in Las Vegas? Is there anything I ...

I regularly hear people on BP discuss cashflow vs appreciation and which markets deliver on those.  There have seen heated debates in this forum, particularly when the "must have cashflow" people are arguing with thos...

I need help picking a market. Just watched Bigger Pockets podcast/video about picking a market here as well as read through this article about markets with both appreciation and cash flow here.
First lesson - keep th...

I'm writing this in December 2024, when every other question asked on the Bigger Pockets tax forum is about STRs. If you're not sure what the fuss is all about, read this older post first:https://www.biggerpockets.com...

According to this article, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-says-home-real-estate-is-a-bad-investment/if you take out the recent housing bubble and just look at returns on real estate for the past 100 years, you wi...