I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

I was wondering if any on here have successfully used bubbles for structuring seller financed notes. The concept is to get a small balloon payment for less than the full amount of what is owed on the note to meet the...

So as many know the SB1070 was to go into place at 12:01am tonight but the judge just ruled blocking the KEY components of the law.

Law enforcement are not required to make a reasonable attempt to determine immigrat...

Wholesaling real estate can be life changing. I know a lot of people who started from nothing and now make 6+ figures annually doing so, that pisses agents off lol. The things I see about wholesaling on BiggerPockets ...

Hi All:Just came across this article and thought it might help landlords and managers keep on top of a growing trend:
How To Avoid A Fair Housing Claim Over Source Of Income Discrimination source of income discrimina...

I've had conflicting thoughts about starting this topic, but figured that my real estate life is pretty much an open book anyway, so here goes...

My wife and I are in the process of designing our new house th...

To the group:  As more and more "deals" cross my desk and I perform underwriting, I find that the vast majority of these deals are simply overpriced offerings - even in lousy locations, Cap Rates are around 3-4%.  Mos...

Adding an ADU to a property has become super easy in CA, yet it seems that the adoption rate of adding units isn't quite where it could be.
This is most surprising amongst investment property owners. Why is that? The...

Hi guys,I have about $100k saved up with the sole purpose of investing. My goal right now is to get to $5k in monthly cashflow as soon as I can, to accomplish this as soon as possible I get the feeling investing out o...

   I'm looking at the FCI Exchange, just to give myself a sample of ideas as I look into notes. I can't seem to get my head around it. Another BP member mentioned to me that so far him and a partner have only gone fo...