I was once a buy and hold investor. Then one day, my light was turned off by the power company, in the house I lived in.How could that happen? I had 40 houses, but I was always robbing Peter to pay Paul. Edison, the p...

I am a relatively new buy-and-hold RE investor at age 24 who is looking to make a career transition and who needs some advice. My long-term goal is to go full-time as an investor, but in the short term I of course nee...

My question for anyone that escape the 9-5 rat race is. What real estate strategy did you use?  Example if you had between $20,000-$70,000 to invest in real estate.  How would you use that to replace your income of  $...

Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...

Hey there, BiggerPockets!Your forums look a little different today, don't they? We've made a few changes - and we're REALLY excited about them!First off, we've cleaned up the interface and put the content of the posts...

Hello everyone,

I recently heard Kathy Fettke talk about this on her podcast. I’ve yet to purchase my first rental property, though I am taking steps towards accomplishing that goal, and it’s one question I hadn’t ev...

I posted this elsewhere but figured I'd share my 5+ year ongoing story of buying rental properties to encourage members here. Personal Background
Most of my childhood was spent growing up inside a tenant house on a...

This guy called the last two crashes, says there will be one in 2026 too. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-12...But we have the lowest demand since the 90's, even lower than the 2008 crash. Pr...

I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing.  However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...