Is it wrong to raise rents on existing tenants after property has been purchased every 6 months tell rent is to rent level in area? (increments of $25 which would be a total of 2years in all to reach)

I have made an offer on a property in the Belair-Edison area of Baltimore, which I will rent once closed. A couple things I need the communities help with. I am planning to use a listing agent to market the property t...

Hi everyone.  I recently got a postcard from an individual who says he wants to buy my house. Says that he's been doing this for 10 years and it is his main source of income.  Well, my home is not for sale in the way ...

For those who buy and hold - how do you decide when to fold (sell)?

Here's the situation: Bought several OOS properties starting 2.5 years ago. We "chose" this location because my husband was assigned there for wor...

Hey I was wondering how can you get money for costs associated with closing on a house hacks if your initial contacts such as friends and family aren't interested in giving you money so you can get started in investing.

Hi all,
My family owns 2 properties (1 triplex and 1 mixed-use commercial property) in the Bay Area that we're wanting to sell in order to invest in multifamily commercial property (mostly thinking a large apartment ...

People have asked me for an update regarding the million dollar home I tried to sell during last weekend. Well, instead of giving you just a boring update...I want to share with you what I've learned. My hope is yo...

A recent blog post really, really struck me as bad advice. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/10/08...This is not the way we want investors to be representing us, and definitely not the kind of advice that t...

I have two major issues with Bigger Pockets.  Before I get to the issues I want to point out Bigger Pockets is a great website for networking, free information, investing strategies and many other things.  Overall I t...

Pretty simple question... but:

1) I know that some/many of you self-manage. You don't need to tell me "ZERO" and elaborate on how great you are. I get it.

2) I'm sure someone out there still uses a PM or PM compan...