I am considering purchasing a duplex in Sioux Falls, SD that does not have separate meters.  Up until this point, from what I understand, the utilities were included in the rent.  That works great if you own the place...

Looking for advice. We currently own a 4bd 2ba single family home. We constructed the home to add a granny suite. So now it's a 3bd 1ba and studio granny suite. It's time to put on the market and we can't get the home...

Hi all I was considering buying a home in Encinitas with the idea of living in it, fixing it up a bit and at some point renting it out and moving on to another property. Anyone have any experience with rentals in this...

(Hopefully) Soon many of us "newbies" will be making their first moves in the REI world. It's quite a daunting idea that seems to overwhelm a lot of first time buyers for various reason. One reason that I have recentl...

BiggerPockets! I work at BP and I'm working on building a landing page for Texas and the cities of McAllen and Houston. Would anyone be willing to share why you choose to invest in the city or the state in general? Wh...

I hear a lot of talk about how it's different this time, and real estate prices won't be affected too much because everybody has so much "equity" in their homes. What people fail to understand is, why do they have so ...

I am currently looking for a property to update. I've been looking at alot of downtown properties, but I dont' know where to get information on them. Alot of them look abandoned and need alot of cosmetic work. But I t...

I am looking to do another bulk buy and wanted to document my experiences here. I already have a commercial lender in place who did our previous loan.  The challenge is that I am looking to buy 6 - 10 properties that...

I picked up a new tax accountant this year hoping to get help with this issue... and not only are multiple things incorrect on the return I just got back to review, but some of her advice seems *off.* (For example, I ...

I'd like to get a sense of the value of having a high visibility office location for a residential RE Agency.  I'm looking at a location with good visibility along a street with 30,000 vehicles per day.  Half a block ...