I have been following real estate for several years now and actively engage with real estate investors globally, both professional institutions and general portfolio managers. The common theme amongst those who buy an...

Hi Bigger Pockets! I got my feet wet on the forums here a few years back, but realized I had some big hurdles to overcome (i.e. get my financial house in order) before I could "get started". Now, I'm ready to dive in....

A new study was conducted by Harvard analyzing the impact of decades of housing policies that disincentive affordable housing.  Declining inventory of affordable housing are preventing first time homebuyers from purch...

Hi BP!I've been heavily investing in RE for 2+ years and I often try to extrapolate the future based on my basic experience. The latest of those extrapolations is to calculate how much net rental income is needed to s...

This blog is not so much of the normal type of blog where I give a narrative on a subject. Instead, it is a request for feedback in regards to property management software (PMS)for rental property. Currently, I am usi...

Hello everyone, for the past several months I have been passively educating myself on RE investing by listening to BP podcasts, reading through these forums, and analyzing some multifamily properties using the BP calc...

Hello BP,My Question: Which cities are prime for cash flowing 1-4 unit properties and what metrics specifically do you use and from what site? Census Bureau? REIT reports? etc.  Anyways, I'm working on selecting 2 cit...

An alternate title for my post could be 'Flippers and the Law of Diminishing Spreads'!

I am in the Las Vegas market and am running up against the same issues I am repeatedly hearing for other markets in that the ...

Hello,
My name is Dallas Jacobsen. I'm an Engineer, and only became a landlord by the lucky move of not selling when we bought a new primary residence. Out rental is in Lynnwood WA (suburb of Seattle) so the house val...

So I am browsing properties all over the country, lately realizing that Chicago has ridiculous deals... I know it is a city with a lot of crime, that most of these areas are really rough...But how bad can it be? Build...