I have a rental property that is doing well. Now I would like to replace the whole roof of the house. There are a few areas that need immediate attention and instead of doing patch jobs, I'd rather take care of the wh...

Hey folks, I am ready to start investing in rental properties and am meeting with my realtor soon. A lot of the places I have been looking at are currently fully rented out. It would seem that this is a positive, in...

If you are like me... You do not have a high paying job. You earn just enough, barely or not even close to "making ends meet." You spend 1/3 of your life or more wasting at a job you dislike for pay that struggles t...

When house hunting my first home I used zestimate as a ballpark estimate in placing offers .Now that I am planning to sell my home I see that zestimate is awfully skewed as other highly similar homes in my neighborhoo...

@Abhishesh Acharya and I have presented some, mostly non-googleable, high-level overview of some tax strategies. I understand this might be very technical for some of us. If these apply to you, please research more, ...

Hi everyone,This is my very first post and i have a few questions. I just started listening to the bigger pockets podcasts and i am now obsessed. I love learning and trying to educate myself. It quickly became evident...

Hey guys,        Ive been doing a lot of walking for dollars in neighborhoods near mine and I have a lot of addresses that I would like to send letters to, but I have a couple of questions:1.  Should I mail a letter o...

Help! I got a call today from a concerned neighbor telling me that the tenants leave their dogs outside, sometimes for days, without water. They bark at all hours of the night causing a nuisance and they escape and ro...

Hello Everyone,I have a contact that I made a couple of  years ago, and he has offered to sell me a 12 unit apartment building, with 100% owner financing.  No money down.  He has several hundred units and he is lookin...

I have 150k in my Heloc.
I am considering three investment options before me as I look at:
A. Putting 20k in upgrades to get my current home "rental ready". No permits required.
I would then rent out my current 3/2...