HiI am a newbie investor.  I am interested in investing out of state as I live in California and our tenants rights are awful here.  It is so difficult to get rid of bad tenants....plus the ROI here is not great.  I a...

I have heard from people on these boards that I can expect the operating expenses of the house I purchase to rent out would be about 50% of what I can get for it monthly. I could be misunderstanding it, but how is th...

Hi Folks,

Our friends at the IRS are auditing my 2009 return, mostly because of my real estate professional designation.
I have a full time job and the rentals take up all of the rest of my time and I easily spend mo...

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I’m working or attempting to work with a contractor who wants $1000 deposit before he’ll give me a breakdown of the renovation. I gave him a list of updates and he quoted me 60-75k. I asked for a breakdown so ...

1) Not keeping enough reserves. Big expense hits and owner cannot handle it

2) Fix/flip - unforseen repair needed. Too many deals go bad.

I'm curious to hear how RE empires go down during recessions.

Recently, I've been experiencing some confusion as it relates to cash flow, expenses, and the concept of self-sustaining properties.At some indeterminate point in the future, I want to have replaced my monthly w2 inco...

Alright so full disclosure first - I have always been very apprehensive to follow anybody who promotes a "get rich easy" style of real estate investing, specifically those that say beginners should be doing subject-to...

Related to the "Car Enthusiasts" thread. What vehicle(s) do you drive now and why was it your choice?

Hello BiggerPockets!I stumbled upon the Morris Invest Case Study by @Ian E. and am now inspired to document my current investment with the company. This is kind of a long post, but I hope you stay with me. Clayton Mor...

I was thinking about investing with them and was wondering if anyone of you out there had any experience with them.Thanks,Jay