Hi, I am very puzzled. I am researching on how I can rent out single family houses by the room but it seems like every single HOA rules and regulations prohibits this. I'm in Houston TX area. As far as I can tell ever...

 In working with investors in a tourism-based market, vacation rentals are a constant discussion. Not only because other people are interested but because I am shifting my personal portfolio to focusing on them as wel...

As an old pro with almost 50 years of personal experience and learned real estate investing and developing from my grandfather and father, I am of the opinion a new real estate and credit bubble is being created just ...

Hey real estate pros (I'll define that as: those who have done at multiple deals and been in the game for at least a year)

So I'm thinking it might be cool to write a short "community book" to give away to new invest...

BP marketing experts, I have a question:We started our direct mail (yellow letters) a few months ago in a hot area in Brooklyn, NY.We bought an absentee owner list from listsource and we decided to send out 400 letter...

Just like the title says I am looking to select a market to purchase my first property. I live in Southern California and it's almost impossible to make an investment that will cash flow here so I'm fine going else wh...

Hey BP, a friend recently mentioned that there are some buyers' agents that offer commission rebates of 1% or so. And since the commission is already factored into sale price (as the seller pays the commissions) thoug...

Here's a self-serving question - for those of you out there who have been regularly using BiggerPockets for months or years - when did things "click"?  When did you realize the power of BiggerPockets and it's ability ...

Hello everyone,my wife and I want to start our real estate investing journey to boost our wealth and retirement fund. Long-term single or small multifamily rental would be our strategy to go. We live in California at ...

All,Apologies for the newb question, but I just heard about cost segregation and have been reading up about it online.My understanding is this (and please correct me where I'm wrong):Pros: -accelerate depreciation, fr...