I have now been living in my FHA-purchased duplex for 6 months, and I wanted to share the story to encourage those who have been waiting on the sidelines stuck trying to figure out how to get started. If you read the ...

Well, here we go folks, I’m ready to lay this to bed once and for all. For years I’ve read from B and A class investors, others trying to scare me off of buying and renovating D class properties. They’d write, “It wil...

Hello BiggerPockets family!Well, it's official. After a lengthy process, I have finally put my first personal residence under contract. It is a 4-unit apartment building, which will allow me to utilize FHA 203k financ...

Maybe I'm overly cautious or paranoid but that is a big concern. If it comes to evicting a tenant, or some other reason a tenant may have a grievance, I would feel much safer being some random Jane Doe. My first thoug...

Hi Bigger Pockets community! I live in Ontario, Canada and my basement tenant is trying his hardest to make my life miserable. Any help and perspective would be greatly appreciated!This tenant moved into my basement a...

I've put the trafficmaster allure vinyl planks in a few homes now - the version with the grip strip edge.  We just has a tenant from the first place we did a year ago let us know these floors have warped, bubbled, and...

Hey BP! I was feeling a little low on motivation this morning so I decided to write a recap of my first "official" week as a wholesaler. I'd love some feedback on what I've done to date and how I can improve my cha...

Hello B.P. community!I am approaching my closing date within the month. Just to give you some background, I am moving into my first investment property in Cumberland, Rhode Island from Massachusetts. I will be living ...

Hi Everyone,I'm fairly new to real estate and still looking to do my first deal. I'm located in the Sacramento, California area. I'm working with a broker now and have been analyzing multiple deals. The only thing mis...

Hi all,At the risk of having analysis paralysis, I've been having a lot of fun culling US Census data from the past 10-15 years and assessing markets by the hard numbers.I'm about to do a big data pull (which is time-...