I'm in Calgary, Canada. I currently own my own home (no outstanding debt) - typical single family starter close to schools, etc. I'm purchasing a new home that has a basement suite (although a bit of work needed if I ...

As I've mentioned before, I'm pretty well experienced in buying here at our sheriffs auction (WI is a judicial state) and haven't had an issue yet in buying quite a few of them and I've got a guy who runs the title se...

I found a deal that I wanted to run by everyone here. A deal so scary my hard money lender needs to think twice about financing me. This wouldn't be the first time. Last time I scared the hell out of him with a mold p...

We've owned our rentals (built from the ground up) for almost 2 years now and the time as come to eviction someone.  Not happy... I really like this tenant and have no other issues whatsoever.  They are pleasant, pay ...

I just attended a 1 1/2 hour spiel at the local library from this loan modification company called Home Loan Preservation(HLP). Having just heard Obama's "plan" I was curious to hear what they had to say. Anyone kno...

I bid on what turned out to be a a 2nd mortgage in Ohio. The house is worth around $300k. I paid 258K at auction. Looking through the court records I can see that the 2nd mortgage was awarded ~100k. There are around ~...

How does one go about determining the highest and best use of a particular piece of real estate?   I purchased a 10 acre tract in non-restricted, non-zoned area on a rather popular road connecting two rural cities jus...

I have had the thought many times that I should jot down how I got where I am and where I am going so I can look back when I need to and see how far I have come to re-energize me to keep going.  Almost like a journal,...

Hello all. My wife and I started listening to podcast a little while back. I accidentally found biggerpockets doing random real estate research.

So my name is Chris Cafferty. I live in Long Beach California. ...

I entered into an owner financed deal. The seller wanted to use their attorney to handle the closing. I sent $600 hand money to their attorney as was required in the sales agreement. After the title search came back I...