Quick question --
I want to pay a friend to help me with some labor fixing up a house. I'm going to pay her by the hour. I don't want to pay payroll taxes or anything like that - I just want to give her cash for hel...

This is my first question for BiggerPockets.   I have a family friend that is interested in renting one our units.  I am pretty sure she has poor credit history since I know she has a car repossession last November.  ...

Hello to the amazing bigger pockets community, I am a investor seeking friendship connections in the Cincinnati Ohio area. I would love to get to know local real estate investors and other local professionals from the...

Last night I had a meeting with a potential contractor for two simultaneous rehabs. We talked about the different ways that we can work and how he gets paid: cost plus, fixed price, etc

I would like to know h...

With Thanksgiving arriving next week, we all need to take some time off and enjoy our families during the holidays. Also we need to contemplate exactly what we are thankful for.

I am Thankful for my wife who after I...

We have a very close friend who is desperate to sell her rowhome in Baltimore. She purchased it for 250K in 2007, owes 221K, and it is currently rented but the rent does not cover her mortgage. The rent probably could...

For those of you who practice holiday gift-giving to tenants, what ideas do you have for a gift? To start:Gift card to a neighborhood restaurant or coffee shopA book (about what?)Gift card to an airline (e.g. my tenan...

So I’ve been working with a realtor for the past few months that I know from childhood. He’s a great realtor in my opinion, I’ve watched him grow into what he’s built and it’s impressive, I’d say he’s in that 20% cate...

In terms of getting two loans, which is better:
1) Buying a house to live in first
2) Buying rental property first?

I would think buying rental property first is better. Once the rental property is purchased, t...

Okay, so I ended up starting two threads in one day but while I was stressing over where I'm gonna end up living 3 months from now:

I feel like I'm having such a hard time deciding on what I want to do because I alwa...