If you are just starting out I suggest you don't fall into the cash flow trap. What is the cash flow trap?  It starts with a picture of a guy with abs on a beach sipping a light beer next to a beautiful woman.  Then a...

A plea to my community of Real Estate Investors: Can we drop the term "Passive Income"??? It seems to me to have negative connotations and to promote negative impressions of the business and its practitioners! I...

I've browsed through the forums and wasn't able to find anything on this, but I'm sure other people have this same question. I own 6 properties all financed with conventional 30 year mortgages. I'm considering ad...

I looked up a lot of properties through Zillow, and used the bigger pockets calculator to analyze it. The results surprised me, so basically properties which are expensive than 300k are not making cash flow. And the o...

I have a 4 unit deal that I am currently analyzing. From what the seller has told me and provided me with, it seems to be a good deal. I've used the BP calculator but it doesn't pencil out all of the units the way I w...

Before I even begin my introduction, I would just like to express my appreciation for the BiggerPockets community.  I have been a voracious lurker since October, and the enlightenment I have received thus far has been...

We're currently in closing on this property outside of Farmville, Virginia. We purchased this property from a friend that we have purchased from before. She has a HUGE portfolio (30+) of houses that are in significant...

Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
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I had heard about tenants like this, but these are the first ones of my own. The Constant Complaint tenants. I just sat down to make a list of the many complaints they have expressed to me in the past year of their te...