In 2012 we hired a management company to manage one of our out of area properties in Illinois. What initially looked like a great match turned out to be a disaster, and we had to terminate the company after just one m...

on all the paperwork auction has the incorrect city listed. now what? home did not close yet. any chance i can get them to take 5k off my bid or should i just back out of it? they have everything correct except the...

I bought most of my rentals at the bottom of the market or near bottom, other than 2 of them that I had to buy 1.5 years ago due to 1031 exchange that I needed to do for a long list of reasons.I have capital to deploy...

Hi all - I'm new here, but have watced and read for a while without jumping in. I'm buying a house sub2 and the seller is asking me for a written guarantee that we will pay his payments. In the past, I've never had to...

Hello again BiggerPockets community!Next month I am going to make my way down from New York to Arizona to have a fresh start, and ultimately to start my real estate business. I am 19 years old and I am dropping out of...

Hi guys,I just want to get input from some savvy investors that may have gone through this in the past.  I am new to real estate investing and recently purchased a triplex in Pittsburgh.  I had two vacancies at the ti...

Thought this would be a fun post. Here is a list I created. This is targeted more towards beginner investors so I left out the advanced/high cost strategies. Feel free to add to the list with any of your own tips. Hap...

Please assist....I have a drug dealer for a tenant. I actually saw the person dealing. My immediate reaction was to call the police and evict him. Then...several things came to my mind.

a) If I have him arrested,...