Hello BiggerPockets family!Well, it's official. After a lengthy process, I have finally put my first personal residence under contract. It is a 4-unit apartment building, which will allow me to utilize FHA 203k financ...

My wife is super pessimistic with things and worst case is the first thing to her mind about most things.  I wan't to do a BRRRR but she has a hard time wrapping her head around the idea. Not sure how to get her on bo...

Hi This is Jie from Fremont of Bay Area. I'm new here on BP. I hope I could find out BP before I invested. There are so many discussions and good advice on the forum.I actually invested 2 properties in Antioch/Pittsbu...

I've flipped two properties this year, with the most recent one sold in mid-September.  I was excited to line up my next deal, but after speaking to my agent I learned that the market has hit a strange slowdown throug...

I was listening to some old podcasts from "The Real Estate Guys" today. They had a special guest speaking about using life insurance as a better bank account for REI's.

Has anyone used Whole Life Insurance as a bank...

So I'm about to make an offer on my first deal and I'm very excited. I asked a friend of mine who is a realtor in my market to assist me, or to refer me to someone who would handle a deal of this smaller size (it's cu...

Howdy! Looking into getting into REI and have been looking at different systems and vehicles to get me there. We don't have any huge goals of owning 1,000+ units or raking in millions a month. Our goal is just to repl...

We're in a financial meltdown,imo and we keep hearing about that rotten Bush and the spending on Iraq war.
When will current pres start taking some responsibility for his part in our mess? According to the CBO, h...

Calling all underdog RE investors.If you got into real estate because you were an engineer, lawyer, doctor, or otherwise have large amounts of discretionary income, that's cool, but I want to hear from the unlikely he...

Ok, so I have a house I owned before we got married which was inherited from my grandparents, the house I grew up in. I still have my Homestead on it. We were married last year & he didn't want to stay there. I ha...