My tenants called today informing me they are breaking their lease and moving out.  They moved in around February of this year.  I had the rental professional sprayed before move in.  A 3 or so weeks after they told m...

How to help my 17 year old son get started in real estate?Let me start off by saying that I have personally been doing real estate for over 20 years andI realize a lot of people are going to say “ tell him to go to th...

It is not often in life that you truly get the chance to see what you're made of - as an investor, a consumer, a citizen, a human being. For whatever reason, it generally takes monumental events - often catastrophes -...

I posted a thread a few days ago called why do we invest? There were a lot of good replies on that thread with many bigger pockets members listing their goal of 5000, 10,000, 12,000, or $20,000, per month for retireme...

I'm reading a book by Robert Kyosaki entitled, "Why A Students Work For C Students and B Students Work For the Government". I agree with most of his views of our public school system, the dangers of an entitlement so...

Hi all, as I've been getting more into real estate investing, it's become quite clear that the US tax code favors business owners and real estate investors rather than W2 employees or self-employed business owners. On...

Good evening all.  My real estate journey started two years ago when my parents passed and left me what was to be their unrealized retirement property. It’s ten acres on a hillside surrounded by vineyards with a pocke...

I just read a thread where an "investor" suggested that someone way the risk and if the down side could be covered, afford to suffer, to take the less ethical route.

Another thread was suggesting that investors just ...

Curious to hear everyone's thoughts on the proposed tax plan from Biden and its impact on multifamily, or real estate in general. A couple highlights from the proposal:#1 Elimination of bonus depreciation
#2 Eliminat...