How many times have we seen a post on Bigger Pockets with a new investor complaining that they can't find any reputable general contractors to rehab their houses? Often times, these investors are looking for general c...

Real estate is a good enough investment as is - why tell people fairy tales?First off, I am talking about pure passive investing. If people want to get into the real estate BUSINESS, and do all the labor that is in...

I've been considering quitting my job a lot lately, should I? I recently purchased my first 3-flat where I should be able to successfully house-hack. Mortgage is 2k and rental income should be about $2600 a month. I m...

I have okay grades in college. A 3.2 GPA which isn't bad for my first semester. I was thinking about dropping out though and pursuing real estate investing. Should I? If I don't drop out, besides real estate, what maj...

I've listened to several podcast and watched many webinars and they have all seemed to be blue sky positive type information and gives me hope. But then I read comments to questions posted in the forums and those are ...

Hey BiggerPockets family!We'd love to see (or hear) about your worst home renovation fails, and how you were able to fix them :)Sometimes you learn the most from someone else's mistakes --- and sometimes you just need...

While listening to Barbara Corcoran she emphasized the need to have other income while building your real estate holdings. I wonder how many actually live off rental income alone without having put in years of buildin...

To borrow or not to borrow, debt free is the way to be etc etc etc. The way I see this is a risk vs reward. How do you decide though where the risk is to great or the reward to little? How do you decide to purchase a ...

Is Loopnet the best source for self-storage deals or is there another website that focuses exclusively on self-storage?  Also, if you're willing to share ways of locating off-market self-storage deals I'd really appre...