Happy Wednesday everybody. I'm Kyle Shepherd. I live with my wife and two kids in central Alabama - very rural; about 35 minutes southwest of Tuscaloosa, 50 minutes south of Birmingham. Definitely “the sticks.”Current...

Hi BP Community, 
I'm at a point in life where I'm considering getting a financial advisor to advise me on the science behind portfolio construction. I very much enjoy managing my own money, and I'm above average whe...

BP,I'm having limited success finding posts that compare AirBNB to VRBO and I wanted to see if there are any experienced investors that have used both and can compare and contrast.From my research it appears that AirB...

Hi, I just recently joined bigger pockets. Man, this site is amazing .. wish I would have discovered it years ago. I have been house flipping for several years now in the Sacramento area. Mainly we have been doing sho...

I need some advice on windows.  This is my first flip, partnership between my friend/neighbor and my wife (realtor) and I.   We disagree on whether to replace (and how) the windows or not.  Comps for this house are al...

Is it a bad idea to go directly through the listing agent to purchase a property? If I choose to go through a realtor, (found him through Realtor.com) does that agent automatically become a buyers agent? Any insight w...

I am improving a 1986 Rambler in Southern MD that was left to my father in law after his fathers death recently. I have interviewed three agents recently and all had good stats. However, one was recommended by the dec...

As many of us have come to find out in real estate investing, our ability to grow a real estate portfolio is highly dependent upon our ability to leverage our money. Or, in other words, use others people’s money to ma...

Wondering if anyone has found or offers any type of continuity programs to their renters to create additional streams of income?  If so, please explain.

So after tooling around these forums for a while, conducting many searches, and reading a lot of posts I have seen something that has come up often but not yet been addressed (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Everyon...