“Conservative underwriting is dead.”
Rob Beardsley brings up a great point. It’s extremely difficult to be an active real estate investor in this market if you are using extremely conservative underwriting technique...

I am hoping this post will help some others on here who are trying to make decisions on where to invest.My wife and I are looking for the market we want to tackle, and this post will describe our process.  Part of our...

I have a motivated seller which I need help to structure the deal. Her husband who is the main bread provider passed away in May and she has been struggling to keep up with the house payment.

The house was bu...

Hi everyone! I love coming up with plans and asking more experienced people to poke holes in them, so here I am.
My wife and I recently bought our first home, which is awesome! We've been dying to get out of paying r...

I just moved 460k into an account with 4.75 % interest. It will provide over $2k a month of income, risk free until I decide what to do with the cash. For the past year, I had been looking to invest in multi families ...

Would one have to evict a seller who won't leave on the day it closes escrow (as the contract states) or is there a simpler legal method? This is question pertains to sellers in a short sale transaction who have no mo...

I am a newbie in Real estate investing. I have been reading and studying on Real Estate's in Tampa, FL.I had a concern about the taxes and maintenance costs in Tampa, FL.Suppose if i bring a house for $350k, what coul...

Hello Bigger Pockets family I have finally finished my 520 sqft tiling project. I would like to share with you all some tips that I have learned along the way. Hopefully this will help you not make the mistakes I made...

This is such a basic question, but I don't quite understand the basics of it.

If my income increases by 3.5% per year (that's my current raise per year per our contract) and inflation has been between 3-5% pe...

Hi All! I'm looking to identify my target location for my first real estate investment. I understand Los Angeles is a tough area to get started, but I believe I can find a way to make it happen. Before I do, I'm tryin...