Good afternoon, BP.I'm currently doing research on how to screen applicants, particularly those who are self-employed. One way to verify an applicant's credit history would be to examine their tax returns and other re...

Good morning BP. In no way is this a doom and gloom post. Watching the stock market lately and seeing how great the RE market has been since the crazy 08 crash I have been analyzing my properties to see how a market c...

I have been interested in property investing for quite some time now. I am moving into a bigger home for me and my family and have decided to keep our current residence as a rental. Hard to let go of the low interest ...

I would love your advice. Should I keep this rental property or should I short sell it?I have a condo in Algonquin Illinois (3 bed, 2 bath, 1890 sq/ft) that I had bought for $265k in 2006. I have about 40k in equity i...

Hi BiggerPockets community!I've been lurking on the site for a while now and have now decided to fully immerse myself into the biggerpockets community by becoming an active member. I just recently finished my educatio...

I made a bad investment on a cheap warehouse in Detroit for my  landscaping business. I paid for in cash for 20k 4 years ago. It's in a very bad area and it got broken into a couple of times. Not feeling safe I moved ...

My husband and I are looking to purchase a STR with a vacation home loan. We do plan to occupy it ourselves for the 14 day/10% of rentable days requirement. I've spoken to a few lenders and while I understand the guid...

hey i need advice from a cpa. I plan to start marketing for my wholesaling business and will also need printer pc etc. How do i go about doing that I have one rental now which i conduct all my rental related costs un...

Hi, I just read a very similar discussion where the poster asked about a better method of collecting rents than direct bank deposit by tenants.  Some of the comments were to use Cozy or ACH payments? I didn't quite un...

I'm so noticeably new to this. It's been hammered in my head to screen and check for these things. When it comes time to do it, I thought I'd enter the info, pay the appropriate fees online and be done (yes, I have...