Hi BP,It's always nice when you get to click "Real Estate Success Stories" as your Forum Category:)I would just like to share with the community that I am now an owner of 2 properties, because I just closed my 2nd dea...

Hello all,I'm in the process of purchasing my first single family rental property as a long-term buy and hold. I'm located in CT and purchasing in the Atlanta area, so I can't see the subject property in person. I rec...

My wife and I are currently starting out real estate journey. 1.5 years ago we bought a dental practice, and last year we purchased our dental office building priced at around $2M with $500k in equity. We currently ma...

Sooo... I've started doing mailings and the phone is ringing. I've got some (somewhat) motivated sellers. What I'm finding is that when I ask them what they think their house is worth or what they are looking to get -...

I have two major issues with Bigger Pockets.  Before I get to the issues I want to point out Bigger Pockets is a great website for networking, free information, investing strategies and many other things.  Overall I t...

It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...

I would love some insight to this as I am a new investor (don’t have a home yet). I know most don’t recommend using a PM but I see myself long term with 60+ units one day and would eventually use one anyway. Ok with t...