I am a new investor from North Carolina stationed in San Diego (active duty) I am currently looking to wholesale and collect rentals. With all that said I do not have access to the mls where a lot of great deals get t...

Hey first post here. I'm 25 and living in DC and thinking of buying a home/apt but not sure the route I should take. Being a landlord has always been appealing to me as I grew up working on homes with my carpenter nei...

Hi Bigger Pockets community!  My name is Patrick Wu and I am based in Orange County, CA.  I am a 32 year old who is satisfied with my career but am looking for a way to park my extra income aside so that I can one day...

How have you structured loans/financing with friends and family? I may have some family interested but I'm not sure how to structure a deal with them. Please provide any success stories and/or failures and any other c...

We are looking at a place in our farm that's appealing, but the neighbors aren't great. They aren't terrible (war zone or horders), but certainly not nice either (one neighbor has an old car sitting in the front yard)...

Before 1957, there was no industry or investing arena defined as residential real estate investing.  Individuals owned their own home, or a duplex in which they were both owner occupant and landlord.  Real estate inve...

I’ll preface this post by saying I have the “Ima” personality (shout out to @Gino Barbaro) where I feel I have to do everything myself whether that means finding deals or plunging toilets. Two years ago, I cured my Ch...

Hi BP!This is my first post, though I've been listening to the podcasts for a while now. A big thanks to Brandon and Josh for what they do!I'm a recent (non real-estate) law school graduate taking the bar at the end o...

So, there are many houses within about 30 minutes of where I prefer to invest that are all $40k and under and generally move in ready or need around $5k to bring them up to par. Issue is that these houses are in rath...

I find myself judging the investment properties as if I were going to live there.  Do I need to love it? Like it? Or Just make sure it's a good (sound) investment.  I'm a newbie and I've been looking in good areas (sc...