I have three residential (single-family) investment properties in California and Oregon. I'm currently scouting for one or two properties in the Denver area (looking in Arvada, Westminster, Northglenn, Broomfield, and...

Hi BP,

As I'm getting closer to raising the funds for and acquiring my first apartment property, I'd like to hear the bad and the ugly of your experiences and what you LEARNED from them.

We usally her t...

Live in HCOL CA. Trying to find a better plan than pouring most of my savings (170K) into down payment for a 650K House I am currently pre-approved for while living with parents.
What would be the biggest obstacles o...

Hello everyone. I own 9 lower income rental properties which I bought 6 years ago. It turns out that low income properties are not the way to go and a long story short is that most if not all are under water and not...

Hi,I am looking to sell one of my property's and use the 200k in equity to do a 1031 exchange. I am contemplating if I shoudl use that money to buy multiple SFR or 1 MFR. I am thinking the best approch is to use the 2...

I think like most folks I’ve started out excited about the potential of having that extra cash in the pocket in a few years time through REI, but I feel burnt out without even having my first property and I’m finding ...

I'm in such a confusing place right now. I'm 54 and want to prepare for retirement and beef up my real estate passive income along with paying off debt. 
Choice:  
1- Take a loan from my 401K to payoff all credit ca...

The apartment complexes near my units are only asking approx. $200 security deposit.   I am asking minimum one month's rent.  Can anyone explain to me why/how are they able to keep their security deposits so low witho...

Hello! In need of advice from you smart RE peeps.
We have 4 rental properties plus our main house.RH #1: Owe $13,000 - rented at $1200/month (long term tenant moving out May). We could easily rent this property for 1...

Hello BiggerPockets family!I just officially finished my first year as a real estate investor and I wanted to share a summary of what I did, what I experienced, and the lessons I learned. I hope this will be helpful f...