I just purchased my very first home in March. It’s a two-family and I fixed up the downstairs and moved in this April. Upstairs tenant has been there for 4years with various sketchy roommates. He has refused to prov...

- How do you handle your security deposit? Do you use it for fixing the damages during the tenants stay? - When the tenant leaves and demands security deposit back, how do you handle this? - In PA, I can hold for up t...

I recently had my first call to interview a potential property manager for my first long-distance investment property and it left me a bit discouraged to learn of the reality of the costs involved.
3-5 weeks to rent ...

On some other threads, there seems to be an underlying debate or difference in philosophy around buy-and-hold investment strategy:  In one camp, the goal is to invest in high appreciation areas, even though they are h...

Hi Everyone,  I wanted to see if anyone has used WealthAbility by Tom Wheelwright.  The amount they charge to analyze your information and give you a plan is pretty steep, so I wanted to see if anyone has used them an...

My name is Ami and I have made a pretty  big mess of things. Here are some details of my life:- Sales Manager of a sales team in the IT universe earning about $85k/yr- Wife has an office job paying her $60k/yr- We owe...

Ok this sounds horrible but please read it all. I just bought my son and his wife a condo here in miami. My son is a trader, he's 27 years old and he was renting a unit for $6,500/month a big waste of money imo. He...

Hi everyone! Me and my fiance had to move to another state, and decided not to sell our townhouse, but instead try to rent it out. We hired a management company, to help us with this, since we have no experience and w...

Hi, I am new to Bigger Pockets and would love to hear your opinion.
My partner and I would like to buy our first property for house-hacking in Canada to start our journey in real estate.
We have been researching ma...