Hello everyone,I'm just beginning to save some extra cash and looking to invest it in real estate. I live in Los Angeles CA, and I've never even picked up a book on real estate investing. I do stocks and index funds, ...

HELLO EVERYONE!!!I want to start out by saying that I am so grateful to have found such an amazing community that listens, shares, helps, and encourages others to be successful RE Investors. You are all outstanding in...

Like most of you, I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad years ago and it opened my eyes. Around 8 years ago, I played Cashflow 101 and wondered why I wasn't investing in real estate. I was particularly attracted to growing a cash...

My PM uses AppFolio and apparently it can not produce standard accounting reports (P&L, T12 and rent roll).  Can anyone confirm this or help me coach the PM?  I need these reports for the bank and for general anal...

Hello everyone! Newbie here and preparing myself the best I can for my first property. Curious how you pay the mortgage and eviction expenses if you have a problem tenant? If there ever was a need to spend money for e...

I found a contractor I like to rehab a house I bought. Is it best for the investor to always purchase the material? I am assuming the answer is "yes" to get credit card points and prevent a contractor from charging a ...

Hi Folks,I'm new to the BP community and real estate investing in general. It's good to be here! In the last couple months, my wife and I were successful in renting out our first house (our former primary residence of...

Calling on the Bigger Pocket Family for Help!We have a property in Indiana, that we purchased back in February, we hired someone to do the flip for us and wired them the amount to rehab it. We've only had limited cont...

Hello BP!I'm Eric - my wife and I are exploring purchasing our first rental property, ideally in the Pittsburgh area (especially the South Hills). We have our own personal home, but are interested in the idea of havin...