Lets see how much thought is going to go into this housing / bank bailout . . . frankly, I'm starting to think that the move to make is to stop paying the mortgage so I can:

a) Get "bailed out"
b) Renegotiate my loa...

What is your experience with the quality of the rental application Zillow provides prospective tenants for $29?  Do you feel it provides sufficient and accurate information?

Does having diarrhea make one an Expert on Toilets?

Just because one investor, in one part of the country, during a specific time period, uses a specific technique (s) to make money in real estate, does not make him...

Aloha all I am trying to learn more about real estate. I live in Hawaii and with the economy here it feels impossible to buy and turn a profit in this market. Has anyone had any success? Please share your story

Bill Gulley posted in another thread that he'd rather have "5 150K properties than 20 32K properties, all things considered. Generally, less maintenance, less management efforts, fewer collection problems, less vacanc...

For those that saw my first BP post yesterday asking if you would allow chickens, and if so, what you would charge for a deposit...I met said applicant today. When I informed her that there would be strict guidelines ...

So I have shown this apartment more than 12 times and still don't have a renter.

One family said they wanted it but didn't make their appointment to give me a security deposit so I called them and they said t...

I've decided to take the plunge into real estate investing. I'm reading all these great articles on BP (thank you for providing this amazing and extremely useful resource!!) and also have a stack of books on house fli...

Hello Bigger Pockets!My wife and I acquired a 6 unit apartment building in July of this year. Three of the units were empty when we purchased it. One of the three units was fully renovated and we rented it immediately...

BL: Purchased HUD property Dec 2013 for $32k, rehab costs and expenses were$34k. thats 66k cash of my own money in the deal. The good thing is that I dont have any holding costs other than utilities and property taxes...