What are your thoughts on the positives vs negatives of investing now vs waiting to see what will happen with this market. I feel like a lot of the experts are saying stay in cash and wait (Bigger pockets podcast last...

I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...

I have been speaking with short-term furnished rental owners who rent to workers or other travelers, and operate near national parks like Yosemite, in urban areas like Oakland and San Francisco, the desert and coastal...

Hello all. I have never purchased a house and I am about to. I plan on purchasing rental properties with cash from $15k to $40k. What I was curious about is the closing cost of these types of homes, is it really on 3%...

Real Estate is so freaking boring… and yet that’s all we talk about. Why – is it because this is all we are interested in?How about the meaning of life – would you engage in a conversation about the meaning of life? H...

has anyone looked into this? It claims to be a college on how to become a real estate investor from the best arpund. There are diferent courses the offer finacial aid and give you access to online classes or you ca...

I don't know who needs to read this, but I feel it needs to be posted, publicly.
 Recently the following happened:
- BP Member posts negative statement about syndicator to these forums, involving lost money, poor co...

Lots of people have asked me how to start doing a "Rental Arbitrage" in STR (short term rentals - Airbnb is most popular but VRBO is another way).Rental arbitrage is you as the investor rents a home and becomes the te...

I own a single family rental in Kentucky and the tenants submitted a move out notice last month for when their lease ends on Feb 28. They were not responsive to the property manager’s requests for showings and when qu...

I realize I do not have a ton of posts here on Bigger Pockets, but I can’t emphasize enough the impact BP has had on me in a short time.  In the interest of community and sharing success stories with others that might...