Alrighty, I'm in a bit of a pickle folks. I went under contract for my first Duplex yesterday, with the intentions to house hack. We can get into the numbers further into the post if anyone's interested, but the reaso...

I skipped the introduction post, sorry, I will make one I swear!As the subject says, I'm at a fork in the road in my life and need some opinions and different perspective before I make a course change. Each path leads...

New Member from the Chicago Area - I just wanted to reach out an say "Hi" to everyone on Bigger Pockets.  I am long time fan of BP and have enjoyed every podcast that has been released. Keep up the excellent work Josh...

Hello All,I need honest experienced opinions.I located a property in Cincinnati Ohio, placed it under contract last week. I am not located in Cincinnati Ohio; This will be my first out of state investment property. ...

Before I start paying my attorney, I would like to hear suggestions from BP members.  I'm working with an owner open to seller financing with a 3-year balloon.  The details are as follows:Purchase price $385,000.  It ...

Hi all,I'm in an interesting situation. Long story short, a 94-year-old woman has expressed interest in selling me her $2M duplex (in a very nice area of Los Angeles, hence the $2M price tag). I haven't dug into her m...

So I paid my money for the very basic course with Fortune Builders and it is packed full of great information covering the basics.  I tried to find anything that would help on what I walked into, but to no avail.  I l...

I have been using PropStream and their contact data has been very poor. Lots of wrong/bad numbers and high email bounce rate. Also the hit rate per property is really low. Of 1k properties only 20-30% may have any con...

Hi all, Newbie here, so please be gentle. I have to say I'm just shocked at the level of giving back I see around here. It's counterintuitive to think that such an opportunistic field of practice would have such a sup...