We're considering an off-market single-family house in Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.  It's a 1400 square foot 3+2 Spanish-style home built in 1935.  It needs a lot of work.  A burst water pipe under the...

As an accredited investor who participates in a syndication, do you typically invest with the same syndicator? What are some good qualities that you look for in a long-term partnership of an investment company? What w...

I am looking at a BIG 4-plex that has been neglected for a while but is currently rented.

Here are the numbers:
* 3844 square feet, 2-story, 4-plex buIlt In 1882
* Rents for all 4 units total $2930/month
* Landlord...

Can't find out why real estate is considered riskier than stocks. Is it only because of liquidity risk?  Trying to buy second vacation home, so need to sell off stocks.  Am I jumping from the frying pan into the fire?...

I thought I would put this out there. Many times a week I am contacted by potential purchasers of commercial real estate. Some have no experience in real estate at all and others are exiting the residential space or t...

I've done one deal so far.  A duplex.  I'm really looking to scale quickly with small (10-20 unit) apartments now.  I've seen how costly repairs can be from this duplex, and I wanted to know from others, is there a mi...

Hey Everyone!I currently live in coastal California and I’m working in the software industry. I’m working on becoming a software developer and once that happens, I’ll probably have the capital to invest in RE and also...

Hello BiggerPockets Community!My name is Jason - I am new to BP and am very eager to start investing in real estate (SFR & multi-family unit rental properties) in the Southern Minnesota area - preferably my hometo...

Hello, Happy New Year Who do you think is at fault? Story time. So we had a non-paying tenant whose lease wasn't renewed and refused to leave. We started the eviction process. The PM change the electric utility to the...

Topic came up in the office today about the pro/cons of section 8 renters. When I lived in Houston, I've always been told to stay away from section 8, because low quality tennents can do some serious damage. However, ...