This will sound like a bad movie but I have a tenant who is living in one side of my duplex. They have no water, gas or power. I know they can not turn water on because their account is flagged for fraud by water comp...

Hello!I have a 60,000 sq. ft. lot with an old, outdated, and really bad house that needs to be torn down in order to build a new home. The seller is asking 400,000 for the house that sits on the big lot. If I demo the...

I know you are out there. I see you on the forums all the time!

With you in mind, I wrote an article this past weekend about investing in Detroit, half in attempt to give you the chance to really get your opi...

I have properties in Cleveland, Ohio and get many calls and texts every day asking if I am interested in selling. I am not interested in selling!  Before I sold other properties in Cleveland, I spoke to a few of the ...

I had a discussion last week with a REI guy who basically said rents never go down. While I politely disagreed, he insisted it was true. Indeed, for him and his limited experience, rents always go up may seem factuall...

I'm considering expanding my property portfolio into the section 8 realm. Now, we've all heard the horror stories of tenants trashing the property/units, late payments/no payments, etc. However, before I jump of...

We've all read the thread 'Tenant applicants say the dumbest things'. Stay in the business long enough and you come across some real "winners" as they say.So how do you balance being polite and being an enforcer so to...

The BiggerPockets newsletter always comes from "Allison | BiggerPockets". Who the hell is this Allison? Why is there a girl's name in the from line at all?

Kinda odd situation, first time for me.   I picked up a crazy good deal a while back and got a mobile home/land in a nice 55+ community super cheap.  Was a case where the original owner died, her daughter that was als...

I was at a Family Office convention in Miami on Monday and I was on a panel speaking about how I invest in real estate.  Another gentleman on the panel runs the real estate investing for a large family office out of N...