Does anyone have experience with septic thanks? I am under contract on a duplex with one and I want to know how expensive repairing or replacing it might be?

Hello, amazing community,
I am about to purchase my first duplex in Florida and having a hard time obtaining a loan because of my LLC not being active for over 2 years.
I have been working as W-2 for 8 years. Beco...

There are great benefits to buying foreclosures. For one, you can make money re-selling a foreclosure, especially if you can do it through a short sale.

At the same time, there are some pitfalls that you should be aw...

I was talking with a RE agent and found out that the quality of appraisers differ greatly and this an investor can skew the property value especially in up-and-coming market. Is there a way to assure the appraiser? 

If you have depreciation and interest deductions that can’t be used (say your before tax income is only $200, and your int/dep deductions are $5,000), are those unused deductions passive activity losses that are carri...

We have a flip that we are doing here in Metro Detroit. We listed the house for $125,000 and have had multiple offers within the first week. We accepted an offer at full price with 5K in concessions, netting 120 (FH...

Hi Everyone!I am new to bigger pockets and new to investing as well. I have been extremely interested in RE investing for a little while now and I am now starting to take action to get moving into the right direction....

Hi!
My wife and I will soon be moving from California to Mississippi, we have been educating ourselves and reading as much as possible to start our real estate investing careers, we are debt free and have saved about...

Hi Bigger Pockets community! My husband (I'm using his BP account) and I are just starting out with real estate investing and have explored the option of purchasing out of state where prices are a bit cheaper than whe...

I am looking to paint our rental this summer.It really does need it, was pointed out by the inspector. I figure the investment early on will save me headaches in the future.Any thoughts on this? Any suggested paint br...