Hello BiggerPockets! I'm a brand new real estate agent in California and have decided to give the world of real estate a shot. I came to this choice after trying out the typical W2/9a-5p job and coming to the conclusi...

This following is the 2nd full paragraph of my daily Craigslist ad.  What is in italics afterwards is a response someone sent me."If a motel room is your standard of living, you are pathetic. I'd rather not rent a hou...

To any LLs who rent to people who are working class but pay their own, unsubsidized rent: be advised that you should build up some cash reserves.  New England Journal of Medicine just published a case report of the di...

New figures are out. Many have been warning of further drops in values and PATIENCE will be a virtue in acquistions if you wait. Well, we now have the worst month recorded in the last 5 years... This can't be good for...

I notice that it's a mixed bag when it comes to management on here. Half prefer to manage all their properties themselves and the other half won't touch a property without a manager/management company. Why is this suc...

I want to start off on the right foot and was thinking of getting a gift for my new tenant.Has anyone here done this if so do you have ideas for what to get them?

I got a call from a friend of mine today who does rentals in another part of the country in a "nice" town. While inspecting potential deals he walked in on a dead rape victim.

Folks, when you're inspecting propert...