I'm a month into house hacking my 3 unit and I can't get people to rent because of the crowd of random people hanging out on the side walk between my place and the liquor store just north of me. I never saw anyone out...

Has anybody here invested in any of the biodiesel production companies that are up and coming? What kind of returns are you seeing? I looked into it before we moved out of Iowa, but never was able to actually make t...

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I am absolutely new to BiggerPockets, well I officially made my account earlier this week, but that hasn't stopped me from diving in head first into my REAL Real Estate education. I am ecstatic to really p...

I'm growing my rental portfolio and I am a little confused about how to handle my taxes.

With Maint expenses do I need to record them as they come in and then deduct from Income for my taxes?????

OR.

Can I put asi...

Hi everyone,My husband and I are looking in the San Jose area to buy a multi-family home. We have a prospect that is asking $699,000 for a duplex. After looking at the open house we like that there is great potential....

When we are little we say to others….”When I grow up I want to be a….”DoctorLawyerBankerPresidentEtc.Then when we grow up, we realize that in order to be all the above we need to have a plan. We just don’t happen to b...

So I've been analyzing properties for more than a week.  I've built an impressive spreadsheet that accounts for just about everything, and it's remarkable how accurate the 50% rule is in general.  Bottom line is this....

Like to know your experience or opinion.
Local Housing Authority has hired new inspection company. One of my property was failed for 4 missing window screens, 1 ungrounded 3-prong outlet and access to attic for inspec...

I invest in the mid-west (Indiana) but dont live in the region.  Nearly every home I purchase or look at (SFHs in C class areas) have ungrounded outlets.  So far we been paying to run a ground wire on the units but no...

Hello all - could really use some input on what you best recommend for this semi complicated decision that has been consuming my thoughts for 2 weeks now. My rental was built in 1987 and has the original aluminum wind...