Just saw on the news that a nearby apt from mine burned down and resulted in one death. Sucks for all parties involved but now its got me thinking it could happen to me. I have the place insured but something tells me...

Hello everyone at BP!So I was just about to get a 4 unit C/D class property in a C class area on contract, and then suddenly thought to potentially back out of the deal. A lot of work is needed and the property is ove...

Hi everyone,I'm posting looking for advice, and to hopefully help educate future home-buyers!So I just closed on a great deal in Philadelphia. A triplex in a hot area at a HUGE discount due to the fact that there is a...

As someone who has paid to go through multiple real estate training programs and mentorships, I'm curious to know your thoughts on what I have experienced, observed, learned, and discovered in the past few years. Here...

Hi everyone,

Posted this on the landlord forum because I didn't realize that there was an insurance forum.

I'm a little confused. To protect myself from liability, my insurance agent suggested two things: either re...

Hey my bigger pockets community! I am going to be purchasing my first property that I will actually be living in via FHA loan. I was curious if anyone had any cool tips for me when searching for the best kind of prope...

Interesting article in the NY Times today about how a lack of young first time home buyers is affecting the market, either by them being shut out or just choosing not to buy homes.Tight lending standards and shortages...

Okay so a quick background so you can understand how I cornered myself in this position. Background:When I got out of the Army I bought a duplex foreclosure with my former wife. We divorced about a year later and sold...

I have been looking @ this formula w/ real case scenarios. The only way you can make this work is with very low price homes in suspect area. Now, if you do that, what's the quality of the tenants going to be &, ev...

Ready to rent and has received a few applications. Nightmare comes when we try to screen criminal /credit /eviction. We tried verticalrent.com and Mysmartmove.com. They both require tenant to fill in information thems...