A big dilemma we are dealing with it gentrification and what it means to us. We want to invest in our own neighborhood for many reasons. We want to be close to our houses. We love it here. We love the mix of middle cl...

I was wondering if any on here have successfully used bubbles for structuring seller financed notes. The concept is to get a small balloon payment for less than the full amount of what is owed on the note to meet the...

Hello, My name is Dan and I'm new to Bigger Pockets and to real estate investing. There aren't many great deals in my area so I'm thinking about investing out-of-state and using a property manager. Where in the US can...

Hey BP community, I'm Jonah.  I'm looking to learn more about passive real estate investing, syndications, and other passive or semi-passive streams of income or equity building. I'm 37 and about 8 years into my emerg...

I'm one year into being a landlord, and I loved it for about the first six months--in spite of numerous challenges. I could handle it! My motto was "Nothing's gonna stop this cowgirl!" I rode high in that saddle.But t...

Do you see your personal home as an investment or an expense? I'm on my second duplex that I bought to live in, improve, and then rent. My next home will likely be a single family and in a nicer neighborhood. I'm n...

I found a house that I need to find who owns it. I have the name but no listed phone number. What I'm most concerned about is one finding a cash buyer Asap and two how does the pre-foreclosure get handled on our end a...

On this property that I'm buying, the sellers have caused a number of issues after we went to contract.
As an example, due to a few issues caused by the sellers, we were only able to partially complete the home inspe...

I'm having trouble figuring out how I would manage a property using funds from a self directed IRA. If I use an IRA I have a transaction fee ($35) every time it writes a check. So $30 to mow the lawn becomes $65 expen...

Just wanted to get opinions on how people approach investing in low income areas. I've heard people who have done very well investing in these areas and others who tell you say don't even consider it. My current pr...