I love to hear rags to riches [and rags moving up to riches] stories and I would love to hear yours.  YES, YOURS!

Before going out and getting my first deal underway I want to know as much as possible and I have bee hearing a lot of "fraud in the inducement" and I was wondering if there was any ways or certain weasel clauses I co...

Well, after 3.5 years, we have listed our first property! It was a live-in flip. Our goal was 2 years, and we almost doubled it... We did have a baby in the process, we did 90% of the work ourselves, and we learned as...

Hello! 
I'm a member of Bigger Pockets and tend to be more active in Las Vegas posts as that is where I've been personally investing for 11 years and I'm also a property manager there. I've recently gotten the urge t...

Hi everyone, I've been reading here for some time now and wanted to take the plunge with my first post!  I have limited experience from buying my current home in Los Angeles, CA (traditional SFH) and from buying/selli...

Hi everyone, I basically have a friend paying for an investment property which we will flip and then share the profit.  My question is - do i have him pay into the LLC and then pay the title company from the LLC?  Or ...

I have been getting nickeled and dimed with leaks and clogs.    From a prior life in Illinois, I remember we had no problem making all plumbing issues part of the tenant's responsibility in the lease.   However, I'm n...

Hi everybody,I recently discovered the Bigger Pockets podcast and became an instant fan. I am new to BP and real estate investing in particular. I have done some research as well as read some books to familiarize myse...

Hi all!Just want first to thank Biggerpockets. These podcasts (which are so down to earth compared to those self-proclaimed guru's **BS** out there) have played a large role in keeping me motivated for the last two ye...

Every week, several people start threads asking how to get started or which market they should choose.  A year ago, I started asking the same questions and have a brief summary of what I think a new investor should do...