We need to secure our job site with more than locks. It is a fairly large complex and I will do alarm system on some units (planning SimpliSafe) and cameras at some. Cameras are mostly to secure materials and equipmen...

Hi everyone.I'm new in real state investing and I would like to know what are your thoughts about REO foreclosure and auctions and if there are some steps that would make this process easier for someone without experi...

I've never purchased a HUD owned home before but there is one I may be interested -- not anywhere near the current list price though. It's a UI property in the Extended listing period. The price at which it would be a...

The building I am going to manage is a mixed residential and commercial. Top 2 floors are residential and the rest and ground floors are commercial. Family has always handled reno. I do find the layout to be a bit str...

I'm under contract for my first STR property (small, rural town called Reva in Culpeper County, Virginia; about 1.5 hours from DC). It has 3 br/2ba, 1750 sq ft, and 10 acres. I'm super excited (and super nervous) and ...

Chattanooga continues to transform as a tech city in the Southeast.  In mid-November, it was selected as a G20 smart city alliance city. To quote the press release this will help "kickstart adoption of the roadmap, th...

I am working with a partner in Silicon Valley to develop a computer vision based security and monitoring system for multi family properties. Please note, some of the items I propose below might look like invasion of t...

My wife and I were highschool sweethearts who were married and started a family in our college years.I started and have ran my own business in the broadband industry for the last 11 years. I've got an entrepreneurial ...

You may have noticed that we just rebuilt the front page of BiggerPockets. This redesign came about for several reasons. Here's a few things of note:

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