I'm trying to reframe the question from too much of the gloom and doom talk, and looking for an informal poll about the way forward. My belief is that anyone analyzing their market needs to look slightly to the future...

It seems like it's impossible to find places that rent following the guidelines of the 2% rules.  If a property that's $200,000 should rent for around $4000/mo to cash flew that seems quite extreme. Or is it just that...

I currently own 5 mobile home's in 3 different parks in Las Vegas. So they're considered personal property (not attached to land). I acquired these all with cash. When I sold them (I'm carrying the financing on all of...

My personal assessment of the overall economic risks has hit a tipping point.  Decided to sell 4 of our Self Storage locations.  They are great cashflow investments.  But my overall investment strategy and Risk/Reward...

Hey guys it's been a while... I'm renting out an apartment. I listed it on craigslist and got "the usual". Some good applicants, some bad applicants. Some dreamers with no income, unable to verify income, past evictio...

Move over, @Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner . There's a new podcast in town. Listen to our first show at www.biggerpockets.com/moneyshow01 where we interview Mr. Money Mustache. He shares his thoughts on what trul...

BiggerPockets! I work at BP and I'm working on building a landing page for Detroit. Would anyone be willing to share why you choose to invest in the city? Why is it a great city for investors?

Hello all,Wife and I are high earners with busy jobs and limited spare time (total salary >$1.2M/yr).  We don't live lavishly, pay a ton in taxes, and are making traditional investments.  Our savings are starting t...

I don't yet have the money/skill to pull this deal off.  Still, I'm trying to observe what the market is doing.  So through various web searches, I found a property that is going to be sold at foreclosure auction on T...

Hey, hive mind.I'm a flipper who's not having a great time flipping. I'd really like to get into STR's and I'm trying to figure out how people find STR's that work even with a mortgage. Is this a situation where you n...