Questions for all you seasoned note investors: does Paperstac's built-in auditing services furnish a title report?If not, what are we getting out of the auditing services on their platform?  I'm just trying to figure ...

Have you ever read a post on one of these forums saying something like, “I would never invest in California/Detroit because it is a horrible place to invest.” Or “C-class neighborhoods only look good on paper but you ...

BiggerPockets for a long time was a great place where investors could meet and exchange information and work together. Over the past year I have noticed a trend of a lot more newbies coming in just looking for informa...

Do any of you give Christmas gifts to tenants?

If they are "good" tenants, I'll hand deliver a gift card from the local grocery chain. They can use it for gasoline or groceries. Depending on the tenant, the denominat...

I'm an older blue collar working lady.  Never went to college and really bad at math.  Been working in retail supermarkets since age 16.  I just moved to a small town in Missouri.  I'm currently unemployed, but I've b...

Hi bigger pockets fam…I’m REALLY new to this as in I joined the forum about a week ago. I have an opportunity I would like to get some perspective on if you wouldn’t mind. I located a new construction 4-plex in an ...

According to this article, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-says-home-real-estate-is-a-bad-investment/if you take out the recent housing bubble and just look at returns on real estate for the past 100 years, you wi...

Hey BP family!

I am a newbie from Sacramento, California and have been trying to educate myself through podcasts and books. I am currently 21 years old and have been trying to save up money so I can invest into a r...

Hi there, I am looking at a Duplex in San Francisco. The current owner pays about $500/mo on property tax. The property was sold in 1999 for less than half a million. The assessed value of the property doesn't seem to...

I would guess at least a few of you have had to convince your spouse or significant other that you weren't crazy, you weren't going to bankrupt the family, and that this whole real estate investing thing was a good id...