Economic Update                                                    (Monday, August 24, 2020)
Its going to take years for our economy to fully heal from th...

Hi All, looking for some feedback on my potential first office building purchase. The Property: 1) is 100% occupied with about 15 tenants (of all sorts) 2) has a cap rate at about 8.0% at last ask. 3) is 3 stories is ...

How Do You Define a 'Mom and Pop Investor' ?Before I started investing, I looked down on the hard working 'Mom and Pop Investors' who "only" owned 6 or 8 rental properties. Years later I stand with them and admire the...

I’ve reached a milestone on BP—I now have a comma in my post count. This will never happen to me again. I’ll never post enough to get two commas.  While many people have achieved this milestone much faster, It’s tak...

     Hey everyone, joined bigger pockets a while ago and have been reading, listening to podcasts, and just trying to learn as much as I can. This post is going to be long so TLDR: sick of my cubicle job and being som...

Background & Context
Today's New York Times reports on a new publication, Appraised. The publication argues, based on recently released appraisal data-sets, that current day appraisal processes bake the results...

Hi all,My family is purchasing a lake house as a vacation home, and I wanted to get your collective advice regarding whether and how to screen tenants. By way of background, my wife and I are working professionals an...

Hi,

I live in Hawaii and obviously Hawaii is not a easy place to real estate investing. I am looking to purchase multi unit properties to rent. I have really good credit and also have some cash in reserve. I am al...

I need some advice.

I have been having good luck with tenants, except one.

This one is late.

The lease started on the 25th of the month, so that's when the rent is due, and the lease says $50 late...

What would you be careful of before renting to someone new to US with good salary (6 time rent) but no credit history in US ? Proof of salary from employer offer letter only. Good bank balance proof (25 times the rent...