Know Thy Cap Rate: The illusive obvious.For some reason cap rates seem to be the most misunderstood term (ratio actually) in all of real estate. I often get asked by new investors what a cap rate is and what does it...

I am grateful for BP and those that offer their advice in the forums.  I'd be in a completely different situation without it. I am 18 months from the termination of my military service contract (ETS).  I'm in my reenl...

Hey everyone - so I have taken your advice in growing my realtor partner base, but now I want to ask how do I sustain these relationships? What are realtors looking for from me? Because I do not want to scare them off...

Just wanted to get some opinions/experiences on these custodians.

I'm with Equity Trust right now and I am NOT very pleased with their overall company. A lot of their phone agents seem like they just got out of comp...

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I'm thinking about renting a duplex to section 8 tenants. To protect myself, I'm thinking about insisting on running a criminal background check on every person who will be living in the...

Just starting so to me the "wholesaler" thing is a mystery. I understand the basics of the concept but what I am missing is why the wholesalers are not retailing the homes. Can someone enlighten me?

Also if I...

I just put in an offer on a house that I plan to live in and flip over 2 years. However, the house was in the middle of a "rehab" when the owner lost his job...and so parts of the house are torn apart. If I win on thi...

Hi,I'm a complete newbie to this whole real estate investing thing.  I am currently reading "Long Distance Real Estate Investing", by David Green (published by Bigger Pockets) and decided to apply some of the analysis...

Has anyone sat through the entire Connected Investors latest webinar? There are some big claims made in the teasers and wonder what the deal is. I gave up 35 minutes in after it started to smell too much of sales pitc...

Hello bigger pocketers!

I know, I know, don’t believe anything you see on TV is what they say.

But I was curious to know from people who are in the flipping business already how much of what is shown on HGTV is re...