- Credit Checks are a major deciding factor? - Have you ever had success without running a credit check? - Great applicant, with poor credit, that’s the only issue, would you take a chance on him?

Does anyone have experience using a HELOC to pay off a mortgage early? I just bought my first property and had never heard of such a concept until I was recently listening to the Real Estate Guys Podcast. I've been li...

I am compiling a list of crowdfunding sites, many of which I have interacted with in some fashion in the last few months. Here is what I have thus far:

Fundrise
iFunding
Realty Mogul
Realty Shares
Re...

I had a potential tenant contact me and ask if I accept felons.  I have read that it's illegal (discrimination) to flat out say "no felons" so I asked what the crime was.  He said "sex offender, 16 years ago when I wa...

So this is the first year that I have not had a traditional job and w2 income to show at tax time as well we own 4 rental properties (one in which we live in one side of a duplex). We also did a short term rental on A...

Thank you to everyone for your comments on my last spec deal post, especially @J Scott and @Will Barnard.I’ve worked through the opportunity further, met with local real estate agents and other developers to get thei...

Would it make sense to buy a home, rent for 1-2 years (negative cash flow), with the intention of making it our primary residence thereafter? Please advice. Is there anything I need to think about here?We found a home...

Ok so I know most everybody has heard about making biweekly mortgage payments in order to pay your mortgage down faster. Instead of making 12 monthly payments a year you make 26 half payments or 1 extra monthly paymen...

I was excited that Bigger Pockets was partnering with what I thought would be a robust and powerful property management site for small landlords. You know one where you get the awesomeness of steessa.com and innago.co...

We have 3 rentals, and Turbotax says we made about $27k off the 3 combined last year, so I ended up having to pay the IRS $8k. Currently the tenants pay us directly to our bank accounts. Would we owe less if we set up...