I'm so thankful that I came upon this community, blog and podcast. I'm really excited to get started in real estate investing, but to be honest I'm a little intimidated on where to begin! I've been drawn to real estat...

I'm Trent Kruessel (krEE-sul), a greenhorn real estate investor from Salisbury, MO (55 miles north of Columbia) and I have little to no experience.  I bought our house and farm at a public auction and luckily got a go...

Hi All,I just closed on my first property in the 27606 zip code! It is in need of light repairs, can anybody recommend plumbers, electricians and/or handymen they have had positive experiences with?Thank you!Parker

Hi there I'm looking to invest out of state I live in San Francisco Bay Area it's not cashflow positive any good stories.

What's the best way to find these sorts of deals? Something akin to costar or loopnet but for partnering. I'm not interested in realtyshares.com, fundrise.com or the like. I would prefer direct ownership, but a partne...

Hi BP Nation!My name is Daniel, I'm 32 living in Des Moines, IA. I am married with 3 boys (4,2,and a newborn). I have been in the shadows for nearly a year now, figured it was time to get my first post out of the way....

Hello,I am new to the site and starting my research for buying the first investment property. I am looking for hands-off approach to buying a rental property. I looked at RoofStock and mynd. I found that some markets ...

Wow, it's getting to where it's VRBO is the one making all of the money.  2 years ago, the service fee was under 10 percent.  If you add in the owner's portion, VRBO is carving off 30 percent or more per reservation. ...

Just a friendy note to anyone who is bidding on apn 342110002 in the Riverside county tax sale at bid4assets.com While this property may appear to have no title issues, a prelim from Chicago Title in 2004 says otherwi...

Hi everyone, I have a question about a chunk of land I found for $25,000. The original asking price was $49,000. He bought it 10 years ago for $32,000. There's never any appreciation in my area so I bet it's still wor...