For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...

I am listening to podcast 13 with Leon Yang and he made a comment that I would like expanded on. It is something I never gave much thought to but it does need thought. Over the last five years ago our government ha...

Is anyone making investment decisions based on climate change? I spoke with an environmental scientist and she had many recommendations with real estate investing due to climate change effects. Would love to hear your...

BiggerPockets! I work at BP and I'm working on building a landing page for Texas and the cities of McAllen and Houston. Would anyone be willing to share why you choose to invest in the city or the state in general? Wh...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 15, 2020)
It’s official: The longest expansion in U.S. history ended in February as the economy fell into a deep recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (“NBER”...

I’m thinking about buying a property with a friend of multiple units at least 6 units down in Florida. Don’t know exactly where yet. We’re in the process of saving up money, my credit is at about 640 and so is his but...

BP!
No matter how you feel on climate change, lenders not providing mortgages in certain areas will impact our industry.  
Fires, floods, the next BIG earthquake...

Your thoughts. How true is this...wait...is it ...

I see several posts where folks are :1) Trying to predict the crash using causality of metrics like lower unemployment and low interest rates2) Trying to preserve cash for the next crash, so they can buyI want to hone...

I'm constantly evaluating new markets.Please tell me what market you are currently focused on and why.What current trends are you seeing?  What is the path of growth in that market?Thanks in advance.-jon

Hello :)I'm new to BiggerPockets and new to real estate investing. I've got some big decisions to make and thought I'd reach out to the BP community for advice and insight. Here's my story...I currently live in West C...