In my field (counseling), I've been working for almost 20 years.  While the salaries have been low, up until this year when things really spiked, the retirement plans and money able to be set aside was just embarrassi...

BiggerPockets is excited to introduce its newest book, The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor! Taxes! Boring and irritating, right?Perhaps. But if you want to succeed in real estate, your tax st...

I am thinking that providing section 8 housing may be a more affordable and recession proof way to get started in real estate for rental income. There is more inventory for single family homes than multi and I've done...

This is more of a curious question. Recently I've had the chance to speak to a couple of the "big hitters" in the mobile home park industry. As I have asked them I want to ask BP.
What are your thoughts on this marke...

So,I'm (finally) under contract and the seller has accepted my offer.  Here are the details2bed / 2bath 1000 sqft Purchase Price: 98K, Seller paying 2K towards closing costsHOA: $175Vacancy: 1/12 (8.33%)Taxes: $400/ye...

Sorry this is long winded, but I hope it's of interest to many of us and can start a thread of suggestions and input.  A recent post by @Mike Neubauer got me thinking about the value of my own STR website.  I've had a...

Good morning,I have been planning and preparing to build real estate income and am very close to begining.  As I have been pulling together capital to get started, I have also been researching markets, podcast listeni...

Hi Bigger Pockets Community - Thanks to all who post on this site.  What a wealth of information!  I am in a fairly unique situation, and would love some advice on a first real estate purchase. I am 32 years old and w...

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My husband and I have been trying to buy in SF and its pretty intense out there! Beginning to wonder if we are smart to stick with our rent controlled apartment (3 bed $3750) and use our cash to buy rental ...