I discovered BiggerPockets as I searched for a HardMoney Lender to fund a deal involving a Farmington HIlls, Michigan office building.  I was excited to discover a treasure trove of valuable information in the Forums,...

My partner and I have been considering purchasing a duplex as an investment for our first home. We moved back to Minneapolis last year after living in Los Angeles for 2 years. We have been renting for the past year at...

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I am hoping for some feedback regarding my father-in -law, and a possible real estate transaction. He is 73 years old and has his own home, and still carries a mortgage on it. He has refinanced it s...

Scenario: You Own A Home, A Duplex In An Urban Area, The Property Is Considered "Class C"... The Area Has Some Riff Raff And You Know This. It Is Time To Start Renting Out Your Property, Your Goal Is To Obtain A Good ...

Hi everyone, I became interested in real estate kind of by accident.  My mother very unfortunately and unexpectedly past away in April of last year with a mortgage and a HILOC still on her house, the house I grew up i...

Current Situation
Own home for 5 years now in suburbs of IL. Owe $390k on mortgage. Can sell for $520k
Wife and I credit scores both in low 600’s due to cc consolidation a few years ago, still being resolved.
$50k ...

So we take an application fee and use a company to screen all our potential tenants. Recently we’ve run into a situation where the screening grade came back as acceptable, not good or great, which left us a little wor...

Hello everyone,  I am set to close on my first rental property on Monday (fingers crossed it all goes well but it is conventional financing and not a short sale or foreclosure so there shouldn't be any surprises).  Th...

Do you place your tenant screening criteria on the application or advertisement?  I have the income requirement on the application now, but I'm curious if other PMs list things such as minimum credit score, eviction-f...