5 units, that is!I am writing to share my story in hopes of giving other first time investors the courage to take the plunge into buying their first property!  It is definitely nerve-wracking, but patience and guts ar...

Good day, BP members!My wife and I have started the process of reading everything in sight on BP, listening to forums, reading books, analyzing potential deals.. we're about 3-4 weeks into this process, so we're still...

I'm thinking about buying a non performing note for a small multifamily property. Property isn't in an area where I want to manage it, nor would it be practical as it's about three hours away from me.

One of my exi...

I've had a multi-family rental near Syracuse University that I've rented to grad and law students mostly without incident for the past 12 years. However my last batch of tenants struggled to pay on-time every other mo...

Happy 4th everyone.
We just got our new tenants signed their lease, and received a message that they would like to do a walk through a week before move in. I have never had this before, I told them they will have 7 d...

My goal is to buy 1 rental property this year. Tell me about your first purchase!
Where was it?
How did it go?
Do you still have it?
1 thing youwish you knew?

I am just curious, what do you guys budget for a gut rehab on like a 1500 SqFt Single Family? I know it ranges, but I am interested in what the different costs are out there. When I mean gut, I mean, putting in new pi...

I was just reading Ben's latest blog post and he brought up some real numbers after owning 100 doors. His experience has led him to the conclusion you need to get $1000 per month(sfh) in order to cover expenses and st...

Hey BiggerPockets family!We'd love to see (or hear) about your worst home renovation fails, and how you were able to fix them :)Sometimes you learn the most from someone else's mistakes --- and sometimes you just need...