Hi all,Looking at a house in the Albany, New York area and had a question. Has anyone ever dealt with knob and tube electrical?I know prices vary from region to region but I would like a rough estimate for how much it...

Hi all! I have been a long time lurker and finally just acquired our very first rental property. It's a duplex in South Jersey. While i have tried to take everything i learned from BP I am hoping to leverage your expe...

I just want to see what I can learn from people that are investing here in Texas.I would like everyone to just leave one thing about investing in Texas.I'll start:Don't depend on the oil business to keep your rentals ...

I have seen so many people credit Rob Kiyosaki and his “Rich Dad Poor Dad” book to their starts in Real Estate, myself included.Recently he has come out with some comments projecting a huge crash in the RE market. Mos...

Hi!I am reaching a point where I badly need a new vehicle.  I can afford it, so that is not the issue. My question is about what the most practical vehicle type would be.  I am looking at either a truck or an SUV-type...

On this forum it’s obvious that most are either investing, or want to invest, in real estate. But I often wonder, of those who invest, how many are still pumping money into Roth’s, 401k’s, and the like? I wrestle with...

A year and a half ago I wrote the following post. I had so many people contact me and thank me for writing it over the past year or so that I wanted to go back through, update it and republish it to share, help, and i...

I'm about to build a 3 bedroom pool cabin in Wears Valley/PF area and I noticed most of the new cabins have pools.  Are most pool cabins being built fiberglass, vinyl liner, or gunite pools?  I want to go with the bes...

I am skipping a lot of key material related to house building, but I guess anyone can check out my website for the full package.  Here are some more summary posts lets try and throw a few more in here and go 21 - 28 a...

So here I am, just a lowly metalsmith, hammering away at the anvil and feverishly listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast (as metalsmiths do). I was introduced to BP only a couple months ago and figured I'd get famili...