A lot of topics have been discussed before, so many problems have been solved and I'm trying to read as much as possible to really get up to speed.  There is years and years of knowledge and experience on the blogs, i...

I've bought a new house and I was planning to turn my old house into a rental, I worked the numbers and they make sense financially for me. It'll be my foot into the door of real estate in which I've always held a pa...

Happy Monday BP. This is my 1st post so please bear with me. I am a licensed realtor inspiring to become a full time investor (buy/hold and PM). What 2 things in the RE world do we hear the most complaints? The abi...

1. My wife is super against REI and I’ve tried to get her to look into it but she has not been persuaded. What’s the best way to persuade?2. I have some deals that I’ve been looking at in the town I live in and think ...

So we have a vacation / second home in another state that we generally use about 1 week a month.   I suggested to my wife that maybe it would be a good idea to rent a room out to accomplish two things, bring in a litt...

I would like all the senior people that post at BP to put up their best quotes to keep them going every day especially with disappointing circumstances , as an illness, a death , A deal that goes really wrong , A busi...

Hi, I'm very new to real estate investing and I hope to get connected to people who can help me start on this journey. I'm based in Illinois, but I'm also looking to try to invest out of state.

Before I even begin my introduction, I would just like to express my appreciation for the BiggerPockets community.  I have been a voracious lurker since October, and the enlightenment I have received thus far has been...