The other day a contractor knocked on my door and solicited me to see if there is enough "damage" on my roof to potentially file a claim under my homeowners insurance to replace the roof. The basic jist i took away fr...

I have two rental properties, recently, I had to put both on the market for rent. I put on zillow and craigslist first without agent's help. I'm not sure if it is just me or this is something common nowadays. I got re...

I just created a blog post on my BiggerPockets Blog which can be found here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/63/blog_posts/1512
which talks about the relationship between the cheating Manny Ramirez and the cheats ...

Just wondering people's opinions on Quicken Loans. It seemed far too easy to get pre approved?
Have many people used them?? Want an FHA loan and they pre approved me very quickly..

You may already be aware of this, but it was news to me so I'm sharing:

Apparently, the latest real estate scam on CL is where the scammer gleans your info from CL, or I suppose they could from any source on the inte...

Odd question maybe, but for those that market your rentals on Zillow -- have you encountered this oddity?

For an incredibly high number of people that contact me through Zillow to view a rental property I'm adverti...

Has anyone else been encountering a significant number of fake hard money lenders? Does anyone recommend any hard money lenders? Hoping to turn it into a long term relationship and avoiding scams. How do you vet your ...

I emailed an all-cash offer on a FSBO property in San Diego, and the owner accepted. He then started talking about not going through escrow, and didn't really give a reason as to why. I told him I could close qu...

Good day, everyone! Thanks to all the great advice I received from my last post, I've learned a lot about getting into the real estate business. So thank you all for that!
Here's a little update: I've joined multiple...

Saw this great deal on CraigsList for a used Pickup that was too good from the start. Does anyone know of the military being used in scams such as this email reply below? It was advertised in my state; not Nevada.
Tha...