This week I finished reading How to Legally Raise Private Money by Kim Lisa Taylor. A few of my takeaways:1) If your business is an LLC then you have to include LLC on your business card.2) Don't use picture of deals ...

Here's a link to an article about the Flip or Flop training/education events.  Very similar to the Rich Dad event I took in 2008 but could only could stomach the first 2 of the 3 days.  The instructor asked us to rais...

I'm new to real estate investing, planning to scale my portfolio starting next year. Would love to hire a CPA for a full year but cannot justify the cost since I'm just starting out. Does anyone know any investment sa...

Hello Biggerpockets CommunityI am new investor here in Brampton. I overheard a conversation from a real estate meeting but I forgot who it was. Some guy talked about credit blitsing or bank blitsing?. Can someone elab...

I need help coming up with a 20% down payment on a STR property. Can anyone provide ideas/resources? Don't want to miss out on the deal. Thanks in advance!

I would appreciate any advice that someone can provide on what my best rout might be for financing a flip. The issue that I have is that a little over 4 years ago my wife and I had to declare bankruptcy and our home w...

Okay, so the first tenant I chose (who had perfect credit and a clean criminal history) did not end well-stopped paying rent after 4 months-some neighbors mentioned to me they were not very favorable neighbors (they a...

Every year I give my tenants a small gift for the holidays. Some examples are Poinsettia and deluxe chocolate covered mixed nuts. I’m looking for an idea for this year that’s not a boring gift card. What do you give?  

As everyone knows it costs a lot to turn a unit between residents. Therefore it is recommended you do everything possible to retain the better tenants. Do you have some specific items in place to retain these tenants?...

Hello BiggerPocket members,I'm probably in the wrong business but does anyone suffer from landlord guilt? I have a rent controlled building and petitioned to do a capital expense rent increase, which will raise the mo...