Hi all,We are facing significant challenges with a tenant in our 'rent-by-room' property. Despite only renting for two months, this tenant's aggressive behavior is creating a hostile living environment for other resid...

I just purchased my very first home in March. It’s a two-family and I fixed up the downstairs and moved in this April. Upstairs tenant has been there for 4years with various sketchy roommates. He has refused to prov...

I was running some numbers on a property to get some experience in running numbers and I noticed that the property that I was looking at did not have a dish washer. I thought that by adding a dishwasher, the rent coul...

So I'm familiar with the 50% Rule, the 2% Rule, and that I should be buying at no more than 70% of retail value. Are there any other "standard" rules of thumb that are used by real estate investors?

I’m considering my first potential tax certificate purchase. The owner passed in 2015. The first year taxes were not paid was 2018 and it went to sale and is with the state. The deed shows no survivorship rights, he w...

Hey BP, 
I had a lead inspection done on a property I own (Massachusetts) which turned up very little lead paint according to my review of the inspection report and by multiple contractors that I have received estima...

My name is Rizzy and I recently found BiggerPockets and have quickly fallen in love with it. I have always invested all my life but never in real estate. I want to buy wholesale properties, hold and rent them out....

I am a practicing Texas Licensed Civil Engineer. I work at a consulting firm that does development work, utility work, drainage, paving, construction management, surveying, plating, etc. I estimate project costs on mu...

I am planning to purchase an investment home at the trustee's sale at the Tarrant County Court House in Fort Worth Texas. I have never purchased a home at a Trustees sale previously though I have been attending the au...

Hello Everyone! I just had a lease signed on my first rental property and the goal is to buy another property as soon as possible. We have been thinking about re-locating from Virginia to go to an area that will give ...