Hello. Learnt so much from this community. thank you one and all. I have bought 3 SFH in dallas area in last 1 year.  come Christmas I am thinking about sending gift cards to all my tenants.  can I charge this as tax ...

Hello BiggerPockets Community, BiggerPockets newbie from Atlanta(specifically Lilburn/Duluth area) ready to broaden my horizons into real estate investing.  I have been a member for a couple months but just began to i...

Purchased a package of 5 REO properties cheap in May 2015 from a company in Florida when they came to LA to promote their deals. The 5 properties are all over the country. This is one of them (10816 Grandview Ave, Cle...

My name is Alex, I'm international student from Indonesia. I graduated in 2014 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with B.S. in Computer Science. Currently, I work full-time as software engineer in a start...

After over a year and a half of being a landlord I’ve decided it would be helpful to take some time to reflect back on a few of the good the bad and the ugly moments that my partner and I have experienced so far. It h...

Hi,
I'm new to commercial real estate investment.
Is this good time to invest in multi family apartment building with 5 units or more?
According to real estate 4 quadrants:
1. Recovery
2. Expansion
3. Hyper supply
...

Hi BP Calgary and Edmonton members,I am a new member and really curious to learn some real life examples that people successfully pull this off.  It would be great if some real numbers are shared. Will the property ap...

Hey BP!I am looking to do out of state investing in the Detroit Area. I have a friend who lives in Detroit and we will be partnering up on our first deal so that we have boots on the ground in the area. We are looking...

Can ya'll share your "lessons learnt" about allowing pets in your rental property ? We have only had one rental property so far and have always had a "No Pet Policy". Now I'm getting ready to market my second one and ...

I have the opportunity to purchase a foreclosed home in a VERY nice neighborhood. However, the asking price is 500k plus and the house has a horrible floor plan so I am thinking I will need an architect. Anyway, I am ...