Hello BP family,
Thank you for all your inputs that have led me on the path of putting together these blocks towards a building of financial freedom. Here I am once again wanting to fetch from this well of knowledge....

I filed a claim with my insurance company for wind damage to the siding on one of my properties.  At the last minute, I called a contractor to meet the adjustor at the property so they could inspect it together.  The ...

If I were to use my VA loan to get a multifamily (under 5 units), this whole idea of the one year stipulation keeps arising through other discussions. So my work around, option A. build rapport with a local bank and r...

An agent approached me about a client who is interested in my primary residence. There is a home a few doors down that just went on the market for 999K.  I hired an agent to represent me in the sale of my home and ask...

Hi there everyone, 
I introduced myself around 2 months ago in the BP family. I have been looking for my first investment property since a bit before that. I haven't been so lucky. 
I am currently targeting small mu...

Good Evening All-I have been scoping Bigger Pockets out for a little over a year (stumbled upon it while searching about real estate) and have been a little self-conscious about asking questions.  No one wants to soun...

In 2012 we hired a management company to manage one of our out of area properties in Illinois. What initially looked like a great match turned out to be a disaster, and we had to terminate the company after just one m...

Hello everyone. My name is Traver Freeman, I'm new here and I live in San Diego. I did a quick search and there seems to be lots of new folks from San Diego in the past few months. So hello from another one!My wife an...

Folks...

So what do you do when they request highest and best to stay in the game on a house?

What are your strategies?

You increase a little (couple grand or 5k or 1k or substantial increase)
Or you don't incre...

I thought it would be nice to hear from other investors about how their payroll came to be, and what positions are on it.

If you could rank your employees in order of importance and put a brief description of their d...