I recently came across a new strategy that I don't quite understand and it sounds too good to be true. The principal is simple. Use your heloc to pay your mortgage and funnel all your funds in and out of it like a che...

Hi fellow BPers! After much learning and analyzing, we finally closed on our first home this week! Now we have a slice of paradise in Hawaii....but have some questions for those who are familiar with purchasing RE her...

Hi guys, I just wanted to start this thread to keep the Vancouverites on this website updated with what's going on in Abbotsford (my backyard). I've been on BiggerPockets for 4 years now and I know finding information...

Seller financing -- when the seller gives the buyer a mortgage -- can help both home buyers and sellers.Seller financing can be a useful tool in a tight credit market. It allows sellers to move a home faster and get ...

I read this post on Short Sale Daily News (http://shortsaledailynews.com/banks-make-more-money-on-foreclosures-than-short-sales/) that banks are choosing foreclosures because they make more money by making a claim on ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an upheaval in almost every industry, and that includes real estate. Many real estate investors are scrambling to determine whether their investments will be able to withstand the impa...

Hello BP Members,I am currently in a particular folk in the road towards my first property.I have one property that a REI is offering me, its a 3-family in Newark, NJ he's currently rehabbing the place now. House is i...

Never, in the history of America has there been so great an opportunity for practical dreamers as now exists. The six year economic collapse has reduced all men, substantially, to the same level. A new race is about t...

Tell me about the negatives of having a property manager for your rentals...you know, beside less profit.Any insight or thoughts are appreciated. 

So i am getting ready to close on a duplex which comes with a tenant in one unit. My plan is to househack it and live in the bottom unit. Any advice on how I should collect rent? Are there websites I could use to help...