My wife and I personally purchased a duplex in the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania area last year. We house-hacked while doing an almost complete home renovation in 6 months, moved out, found wonderful tenants to move-in r...

Hello, BP collective!I'd love to hear your thoughts on my moral quandary here:After researching quite a bit on wholesaling, I am really on the fence about going forward with it. It is fraught with ethical grey areas a...

This is the advice I got from a relative six years ago when real estate looked like it would never stop going up, gold was like $500 back then. He had liquidated most of his real-estate holdings (he owned several hom...

There are Five important points regarding Short Sale Double Closings (A to B; then B to C): 1) Necessity of Title Insurance for the A to B transaction; 2) Necessity of Disclosure to Short Sale Lender ("SSL"); 3) Neces...

Hey BP Family - This morning BiggerPockets was attacked by what appears to be some kind of network of spammers, including folks from Korea, Hong Kong, Southern California and elsewhere. This may have been a simple spa...

So recently I backed out of a property that I had under contract and I'm not sure if I made the right decision. I'm also not sure if I should be pointing some of the blame at my realtor. But this situation has brought...

Looking at purchasing a duplex in Milwaukee. I live in Denver and would definitely need property management. It's not in a great neighborhood, but the numbers look great and justify the risk for me. Would love some re...

After numerous conversations with investors, CFAs, data scientists and economists in conjunction with my own understanding and study as a CFA candidate, I thought it would be worthwhile to share my thoughts on how I t...

One of my core values is that my words match my actions.
In street vernacular, one could phrase this as “practice what you preach” or “put your money where your mouth is” or “if you talk the talk, you need to walk th...

Newbie here...So, I've heard on the podcast a few times that the deal is the hard part.  And if you find a good deal, the money will be easy.So my question is, do I start marketing toward sellers, and work out a deal ...