Hi there, fellow Bigger Pocketeers!I'm Jeff J, an Army nurse in my mid-20s. My pursuit of financial independence exposed me to dozens of FI sites and real estate kept coming up there and from my brother, who's also in...

Hello fellow BP'ers! Like any other newbie starting out, I too have a lot of basic questions.  I am grateful to this community who likes to kick @$$ and make you get started. Its like having an older sibling that make...

Hi all.I am thinking of selling a few properties in 2016. I would prefer to do a 1031 exchange on them to avoid paying the tax, but most markets in the US seem overbought right now (both SFH and multi-family). I am a ...

To those who invest in park based MHs: Do you go through the same screening as a resident tenant would? Another words do you submit your personal ininformation( ie. Social security number, credit info) to park manager...

In the process of reading "Twitter Power 2.0" and one of the interesting things I read about is your profile picture should be a picture of you, not of your pet, or a landscape scene. This got my attention because it ...

Hey everyone,I thought this was an interesting picture that supposedly shows the top cities that will have the most rent growth this year. Not surprised to see Indianapolis in the top 5. Indy has seen very steady rent...

Hi everyone I am looking to get started in real estate investing and have been searching for my first buy and hold property. I live in the San Francisco bay area and it seems that it is pretty tough to find a cash flo...

I have been living in Las Vegas for 9 years now and have been actively researching the real estate market here for at least 4 months and SFH seem to be where I think I would be most comfortable with having a rental. A...

About a month ago, Fannie Mae has removed the requirement for continuity of obligation on rate/term refinances. I've been trying to figure out what the "TLDR" of this is, and how it impacts people acquiring and unload...

BPers,I searched the forums for a list of do's and don'ts for hard money lending without much luck so I'm going to see if I can get all the answers in one place. I am at a point in my REI where all my personal and pri...