Hi everyone, I have a friend buying a duplex for a rental. They are using a conventional loan and the appraiser is saying the ceiling needs to be a firewall. Anyone ever see this before?

Hello all, this is my first post, and I have a couple extremely newbie questions. I'm new to the idea of real estate investing, but extremely motivated. I've been listening to as many of the podcasts as I can while at...

I looked at a loan request today. I know the area very well in Philadelphia, without seeing anything my first thought was the property was worth 350k or so. The appraisal came in at 640k, the comps they used were out ...

I've had an account on BiggerPockets for about three years now and have read the articles, listened to the podcasts, and browsed the forums off and on. I usually adhere to my personality and play the role of "fly on t...

I found a vacant house and called the owner. She said she gave it back to back to the bank in lieu of foreclosure. I looked up the bank and they went bankrupt and are no longer in business.What happens to an REO house...

I have a 4-Unit building in downtown Riverside, CA. I inherited all 4 tenants and everything has been great for the last year. One just moved out and I’m renovating, and I’m beginning to think AirBnb is a good idea fo...

Any property managers been to eviction court recently.   I sat on a zoom hearing for 2 hours observing all the cases in front of me.   The magistrate did not hear a single case, she found cause to postpone every heari...

For starters, I'll let you know why I'm writing this: I'm about to start on what I hope to be a long-term and successful project of modernizing a modest sized family real estate business in a northwestern corner of Ch...

Any recommendation or experience from anybody who used cold calling to get more bookings for their vacation rentals? How did you outsource it? Virtual Assistant of a cold calling company?

Does anyone know of a tenant screening service that I can do a credit, background and eviction history check on prospective tenants by entering their information myself when a tenant prospect does not have email or ac...