ifunding seems to be the first crowdfunding portal to have an investment (actually 5 investments) not go according to plan.  They have 5 fix and flip deals in Milwaukee with the Orange group that were suppose to yield...

Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property.  A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago.  I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...

I have heard from people on these boards that I can expect the operating expenses of the house I purchase to rent out would be about 50% of what I can get for it monthly. I could be misunderstanding it, but how is th...

I just wanted to share in my excitement on another wholesale deal closed with my bigger pockets family. I recently closed on a wholesale transaction all by my lonesome. The reason I'm extremely excited about this dea...

I want to talk about my experience taking Rich Dad/Elite Legacy Education's three days Real Estate workshop. The conclusion: it's a scam. The purpose of this post is to alert people about this $35K scam (since BP has ...

Wow, this one is a doozy. In all of my 10 years I have never seen anything like it.Friday a client of mine discovered a property for sale that he has had his eye on for almost 4 years. Back then, it was listed for $...

Okay, now for a ridiculous, hypothetical question.What's away to theoretically get to 100 mil in net assets. Assume this is for a "young" person who has several decades to reap the rewards of salary, compounded return...

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...

Update of concerns on perfect storm I see forming.
There are more and more "voters" requiring entitlements. Here are a couple today.

1. Tens of thousands nearly riot for the opportunity to get an application to be on...

Recently, the owner/landlord of the duplex next to mine reached out to me. He informed me that he recently did repairs to his roof and that apparently two roofers said that the pitch of my roof is channeling a large a...