I am a licensed Realtor and I am looking into possibly getting my residential builders license.  I see there is a  60 hr course to take, but what else is involved?  Do I hold my own license, or do I need someone else ...

I am a newbie. I got a lead on a realtor who specializes in selling foreclosed properties who I have not called yet. Then I got the name of a realtor, from a local REI, who they use and who has her own rentals. I fina...

Hello everyone!My wife and I are eager to buy our first rental property but we just don't know where to start. I have read a couple of the BP books and working through a few more. We have 160k of equity in the house w...

I always thought Keller Williams Realty recruiting tactics were cringeworthy and my opinion hasn't changed but, somehow, eXp Realty recruiting tactics are exponentially worse. A Realtor in my office was recently hit o...

In the suburbs you get your own lot and you can usually set up a little garden like area to hang out in outside.  In the city you can get a townhouse but usually with little more than a tiny balcony.  What if you coul...

I'm looking to sell my house and luck would have it that after being here for 3 years and the rehab I'm doing after I read and learned about some stuff, I should make enough profit for me to pay off almost 75% of all ...

Hi everyone, my name is Ben. First time buyer here.  Hopefully this post makes some sense..Stuff about me:I'm about 75% finished with the BiggerPocket's "The Book On Rental Property Investing" (that blue book) and hav...

BiggerPockets -Hello! My name is Jordan, born and raised in the Greater Seattle Area(Bellevue).  I originally joined this site back in 2012 but never posted.  A few years out of college I was finally able to pick up a...

While cashflow is key to keep the property safely under control, I seem to find that the larger returns for our portfolio to date come from strategic growth of equity. My wife and I are still fairly small in our inves...