Hello BiggerPockets forum! It has come to my attention that the topic of "college dropouts" has sprouted a seed of slight interest in a few discussions. Though having only joined BiggerPockets very recently, I couldn'...

I recently bought my house using the full 203k loan since the house had some possible structural repairs that needed to be done on the raised foundation. The repairs needed to be completed were not astronomical compar...

UsaToday had an article the other day on social changes in our country.
The % of babies born to single moms has risen about 1% per year each of the last 5 years. It now stands at over 45% of babies born. My guess...

Hey all, I have a simple question.

I want to purchase an REO as an investment property but I'm not sure of the process. Do I need to be sure to tell the bank that it's going to be a rental or does it matter? I plan ...

So I wanted to explore an idea here, and see if anyone has heard of anyone else doing it. But before I go there, I want to make clear that I'm not ADVOCATING this or any other shady business practices; I'm simply want...

When investing in notes, we all have those deals which are “head scratchers”. Interesting to hear your story. I have many to share (including offering a non paying borrower who hadn’t paid for over a year a free house...

Why?Didn't want to hijack the other thread but it seems like this is the question investors should be asking themselves.  If you can consistently receive $700 rent on a $30,000 purchase then why doesn't the market bid...

I'm looking at a multi family unit which would be a turnkey rental opportunity for me.  I'm a total newbie so I've run the numbers two dozen times with conservative assumptions on everything (high vacancy, high repair...

It is the spring and I thought I would give a primer on "creative financing" for the BP community.I will break it up into Beginner and Advanced.I will talk about well known and not so well known strategies.Beginner st...

Hi. I'm new to BP forum. I have some questions if someone can help. We have our primary residence purchased with Va loan. We are thinking to buy our first investment property and trying to figure out the best option ...