I have a self directed 401K which would allow me to buy real estate inside the plan. I have a local friend that invests and he hold RE outside his retirement plan. I am curious as to the pros and cons of both avenues....

Our property is in Lake County, IL and we are going through a 1st transition from 1st tenants to our 2nd ones. Tenants that moved out this month, left some damages behind (some repairable and some not) as well as didn...

I have a difficult tenant who I gave 30 day notice of non renewal on his month to month lease, moved out 1/2/16 (2 days late).  He and his family have been very difficult with the move out;  his son has told me he wil...

Hello everyone. I was hoping I could find an answer to my question by reviewing prior posts, but so far no luck, so I figured I would just go ahead and ask.I have a tenant who left a pig sty upon his departure. The pr...

I've heard in other forums from single family investors in Houston get flood insurance regardless of whether the property is within or outside the 500 year flood plane. I received a quote today for flood insurance on ...

Hello all, first time posting, but I've been consuming content for a while.  I have a couple of duplexes with my brother in Pittsburgh and a house hack in Washington, DC. We self manage, and he does all onsite work/sh...

I'm normally good with #'s, but don't know how to calculate this one. Help an old fart out, college grads...

I have a subdivision where I've built a few homes in SO TX. I was approached by an individual that bought a...

Hello BP! I am reaching out to everyone because I wanted to hear about the different avenues for investing in commercial and what they were.

Is there anything besides multifamily to pursue? What has been the histor...

I only manage two properties at the moment. Therefore one of my goals is to use my opportunity to focus just two properties to increase my returns. I wanted to gain some prospective on how to eliminate vacancy even...

Good Morning Biggerpockets! I thought to start a forum post on one of my favorite topics, "Landlord Tricks of the Trade" I've shared this with many colleagues and investors and felt it's time to post on Biggerpockets....