I'm in the process of converting a 401k into a SDIRA and was wondering if any fellow BPer's would care to share what has worked or not worked for them using this investment approach. Is it best to purchase individual...

Reading through this site has opened my eyes to problems I never thought of. I usually stick to local rental properties. While trying to find a new investment for some cash I needed to put to work, a friend recommende...

Hi Friends, I'm a huge fan of the collective wisdom of BiggerPockets, and wanted to seek out a few ideas. There is an apartment building listed on the MLS that I've been fantasizing over for several weeks, and after m...

One of the things I always try to be conscientious to is herd mentality. Recognition of herd mentality and the pure luck of a well timed divorce kept me from investing in real estate in 2007 and waiting until 2008 wh...

https://www.facebook.com/events/1665406613716274/This is entitlement. Us landlord and investors has to pay a bank mortgage to keep a house, if they don't they pay monthly we lose the house.Same should go for any perso...

Over the years of landlording and owning property in a college town, I have noticed that my Special Stipulations section in my leases have taken on some strange phrases and warnings to new tenants. It seems that e...

The Bush administration developed an effort to confront the worst U.S. financial crisis in decades, describing a plan that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars to buy up bad mortgages and other toxic d...

My dream when I went off to college was to live for free, and achieve the American Dream of owning my own home. In 2007, I bought my first house in Tucson, AZ. I rented out three of the rooms and at 18 years old I was...

Local wholesaler gets a response from some bandit signs. A homeowner is willing to sell his vacant hoarder house and adjacent lot in a nice area in Los Angeles. Sale price for both properties is something over $500k...

Hi All:I live in the Washington, DC metro area. I need help getting off the dime and plunging into the buy and hold arena. I have cash to pay for the rental properties until I am able to consider leveraging it. I have...