Hi all!Who do you guys use for VAs?How much do you pay them?Do they collect rent, track down tenants? Send out Pay or Quit notices?Much appreciated!-Gulliver

Earlier this year I purchased a property in the mountains of Costa Rica. This property is amazing. You can check out the pictures here: Bella Vista Retreat Costa Rica. 

We had 9 investors/friends in on the deal tha...

Hello, my name is Nicholas Patrick. I am from Detroit Michigan but currently am residing in central Michigan. I am a freshman at Central Michigan University planning to major in accounting or finance and minor in real...

In Brandon Turner's The Book on Rental Property Investing he mentions the ability to buy existing businesses and view their statistics like Gross/Net margins. He mentions using a business broker and the ability to giv...

Should be subtitled, "Sometimes It's Better To Be Lucky Than Good"30 years ago I closed on my first real estate deal. It was a foreclosure, owned by the Resolution Trust Corporation. The RTC was a federal agency creat...

Hello,I am 18 years old and trying to start investing in real estate, but I am struggling with where to start out? I don't have a established credit so my question is what are some good ways you all use to boost your ...

Hello Bigger Pockets! I am very excited to join such a wonderful community of people. After joining some other forums that primarily promoted guru after guru it was refreshing to find BP. I was looking for a way to co...

Hello everyone!  I'm a new investor working on getting my first rental property before the year is out.  In a nutshell, my plan is to use the FHA program to get either a three or four unit home and owner occupy while ...

For those who are doing MTM leases, do you charge a premium over the yearly lease rent rate?  If so by what percentage?My neighborhood is for the most part rentals are leased yearly.I am near the end of a lease term w...

I recently contracted with a home repair company to install a tile floor.  He came highly recommended by a friend.  The installer suggested using two layers of 1/4" backer board instead of one 1/2".  Now the grout is ...