There’s a property I’m cosidnering purchasing. It has a tenant for the next year and a half. I’ve calculated for various annual expenses such as cap-ex ($800), R$M ($800), vacancy 5%,, etc. it’s built 2014. In a decen...

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I just closed on my first rental property and need to begin tracking expenses.  I only have the one duplex at the moment so it should be fairly simple at this point.  Any tips on an easy to us...

It's almost that time of year again... No, not the holidays. I mean tax season! I've been an excel bookkeeping person for a while but I think it's time to level up now that I'm doing my first BRRRR. I'm planning to ge...

Hey guys it's been a while. I last posted back in September and since then I've gotten married, went to Hawaii on my honeymoon, and am super close to closing my first deal. The guy isn't really concerned about t...

Hello BP.
My name is El. I am an IT professional wanting to start investing in real estate.
I am based in Chicagoland.

The fix-and-flip, or rehab, market is one of the most popular places for the freshman real estate investor to start—it comes with the lowest barrier to entry. Shows like HGTV’s Flip or Flop and Fixer Upper make it all...

Our incredible moderator - Mr. Jon Holdman - aka Wheatie - Today crossed the 10,000 forum post milestone here on BiggerPockets.

I wanted to thank Jon for all of his incredible posts and the wonderful advice he has be...

By now we all know to use only Objective criteria in qualifying prospective tenants. THAT may all change believe it or not.I recently attended the winter conference of the Washington Landlord Association. One of the f...

Hi BP,First of all, thanks to the BP community for your help along the way prior to, during, and after purchasing my first investment property (a buy and hold 4 plex).  And special thanks to @Joshua Dorkin ,@Brandon T...

Check out Citi's quarterly balance sheet - they're down 120B in assets, have reclassified ALL prior year quarterly/YE balance sheetswithout saying a word as to why.

Heck, just watch the Q3/Q4 blowout of the TARP moni...