I'm in Houston and work as an attorney with only energy clients and my business has been severely impacted.  I've also seen the real estate market locally cool over the past 6 months and the trend is down.How are thin...

I was thinking in a long term view.  Take two examples, tell me which you'd buy.House 1:100k house, 5k down, 20k in repairsRents for 2kCash flow is 500/moHouse 2:500k house, 25k down, no repairsRents for 4kCash flow i...

My brother and and have been studying the business for a month in a half. We are currently attending a 3 day training with great content!!! They are soliciting their others services which consist of a personal mentor ...

Hi Folks,

Our friends at the IRS are auditing my 2009 return, mostly because of my real estate professional designation.
I have a full time job and the rentals take up all of the rest of my time and I easily spend mo...

I got a lot of value from Michael L's ongoing post about his experience with Elite in Chicago, so I thought I'd replicate that for others. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/16...I live in Southern Califo...

I am about to dive deep into a 1031 exchange and the end result could be 2 SFR in 9 locations compared to my current 3 SFR in 3 locations. All my properties are turnkey managed. So far I have always had individual ac...

Oops, my mistake. I thought they were going to give Landlords a break . . . Instead of easing the Eviction Moratorium to help Landlords, Instead of Providing Landlords with financial assistance, WA State and soon othe...

Hi BP community!I have a few properties that I have had managed by a PM company.  I used to self manage and when I changed jobs, that required a lot of overseas travel and I didn't feel comfortable having family deal ...

Simple poll-
Which of the following in your mind is the most threatening to our National security? In alphabetical order.

1. national debt
2. rogue nations
3. terrorism
4. unsecured borders

These are al...

I'm in a bit of a unique situation in that I'm a California resident and can only invest in properties all-cash for religious reasons.
I'm not able to use leverage/loans, and I know and accept that investing all cash...