I am just becoming serious about investing in the Denver area. I have heard some investors say that a realtor's license is a huge benefit and you should have one while others say it is not necessary. I am mostly inter...

Hi, so basically last week I was the highest bidder on an auction. Turns out reserve hasn’t been met therefore I wasn’t able to get the house. It’s been posted again for auction and now it’s for the price i won it for...

Our job is to find and present good and accurate deals to investors. The better that is, the more we all earn. In my misfit real estate agent years, I got insanely good at comps. That means accurate sale & sold pr...

Hi BP community, my wife and I are debating whether we should cash-out refi our rental property to acquire more properties for our portfolio.  However, we bought the rental house 2 years ago at 3.2% interest rate, 30y...

Hi,I've been doing a probate direct mail marketing campaign with some success for the last few months in my area. Just beginning to follow-up with subsequent mail pieces to those who did not respond to the first maili...

So I asked for help on the letter  and I guess the advice some of you gave was dead on.So as a thank you, here is my update (also posted this to my blog).So I finally after 2 months got the contract signed.I think I g...

Sally and Johnny are both the sole owners and employees of a pair of unrelated S corps in the same city. They don't know each other, but Sally and Johnny make and sell widgets. They both also W2 themselves $50k/yr, wh...

Hi everyone!What a great community we have at Bigger Pockets! I'm already halfway through the podcasts since joining only a couple of weeks ago. I look forward to participating, learning, and hopefully partnering up...

I observe the term “investor friendly” lender used regularly in these forums either by posters seeking financing or in the manner in which lenders market themselves. In many cases the forum inquiries or forum promotio...

When does a rental home renovation cost too much? I purchased my first home while college and it needed a ton of work. I used this home as my “crash course in home renovations”. I did all the work myself by watching Y...