After years of analysis paralysis and having to catch up from a few months of unemployment, I finally closed on my first rental property!  Friend of the family is retiring and moving out of state, wanted a quick sale ...

I have been on the forums and reading up on real estate investing for about 2 years now. I am so ready to get started but, like many others, I find it very hard to pull the trigger when properties are at such insane p...

Hi Bigger Pockets Community,I'm just starting out and I think I may have found my first deal that I'm planning on buying and holding. It is sort of a fixer upper though. It's a home built in 1945 in Minnesota. I'm loo...

Maybe the motive and reasoning is clear to someone else, I'm a bit stumped. Why is quicken pushing 15 year loans? (I keep getting ads from them). Is this some sort of speculation that between inflation and interest ra...

Currently looking at a duplex (owned free and clear) and the owner is open to seller financing. Listed for $146,000, rents at 1,840/month.I am wondering what kind of terms people have received on seller financed deals...

Hey everyone, I have seen a few posts about this in different forums, but I'd still like to get my own going and see what responses I'd get. I am relatively new to real estate investing, but am at a point in my life w...

Just posted an ad and got close to 50 requests asking for showings. Some of them are sending a generic message asking for tour tomorrow. Wondering how you respond? Do you respond to all the inquiries? Trying to find ...

Hello, I am sort of new to bigger pockets, and I have a self-serving question. I am curious to understand why new development or even rehabs aren't being pre-wired for internet or smart home setups? I am a Low Volta...

I did a "Lonnie Deal" with a couple about two years ago on a mobile home. They were great buyers: they moved in, fixed the place up and paid the note off early. Now they are looking to upgrade homes. They found anothe...

I live in PA and have a PA LLC... I am looking at purchasing investment properties in NJ. I was curious if anyone who has done this has had to pay any sort of tax or file a NJ State return? I just want to make sure I ...