Hello my name is tom. And over the past year and a half i have done countless reasearch, watching videos, and reading books ok real estate. Im really motivated to get started. But im very scared to form the snowball a...

I've read conflicting information about what triggers you to have to pay self-employment tax on your short-term rentals.There seems to be a consensus that the following does:Airport TransportationProviding cooked meal...

Hi All!My name is Jeff Byrne and I’m from New Albany, IN. First time poster, haven’t even gotten started with our plan. My family wants to start in the RE game by renting our own home after making some upgrades to the...

Hello everyone, I am new to Bigger Pockets and I am a Realtor with Emerald Realty Group, Powered by Fox Real Estate Pros out of Edinburg, Texas. If anyone has any questions on the market in the area, or real estate in...

Hi All, After getting a response from one of the BP founding fathers in a colleague request that I sent, I was nudged (encouraged) to post my recent success story. So after years of analysis paralysis (yes years), I f...

Hi BP,I've got a rental that I renting/selling to someone on a rent to own agreement- the home is still in my name.We are at the point where they are about ready to buy the home outright. However I do have a good inte...

Its been about a year now when I decided to take a serious look into real estate investing. Stumbled upon this community and decided to dedicate my time outside of work to educating myself on this venture. At the begi...

I’m gearing up to buy my first property in April/May-ish. I’ve read constantly for nearly a year, listened to podcasts and cruised forums to use this brain as a sponge as I got my stuff together, in what’s about to be...

Hey everyone! I am very excited to get started and change the future of my family. I live in Nashville but willing to buy anywhere.  

I'm diving head first into real estate here getting my real estate license and looking into investing. I found a deal near me that I could buy: a 2 unit place and house hack it, living in the 2 bed/1 bath unit with te...