Glad I found this site. My name is Steve and I am 32 years old. I currently own a wholesale company for autos and powersports. I am looking to get into home flipping. I have a contractor buddy who approached me with t...

Recently closed on a house and just listed for rent. Been listed for rent for four days now and only had one application. Applicant credit score too low so decided to pass. We are approaching the Winter season and it’...

Hi, I've been providing an ongoing log of my first direct mail campaign (here:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/517/topics/34...).  At the outset, I thought the weakest piece of this process would be fielding inq...

I'd like to get a sense of the value of having a high visibility office location for a residential RE Agency.  I'm looking at a location with good visibility along a street with 30,000 vehicles per day.  Half a block ...

We recently vetted a tenant that informed us after move in, they have a service animal.  Actually, we discovered they had an animal in their apartment and probed them for answers since we do not allow pets.  We have r...

Just wondering, does anyone on BP make money from RE, but actually acknowledge the simple points outlined in this site:https://www.caare.org/The site clearly and concisely absolutely exposes all of the worst things ab...

Hello all,I would appreciate any insight / thoughts people have about this topic. I grew up with real estate being in my family. My parents currently own four investment properties in addition to the home they live in...

Note: I wrote this post pretty quickly, so I’m sure there will be some questions and perhaps even some confusion…if so, feel free to ask, and I have some additional disclaimers at the bottom... I’ve written a bunch ...

Guys and gals, sometimes I get a belly full of hearing the same old conventional wisdom over and over.  Today I'm going to tackle this one:  "Buy only in the top tourist areas."   Are we more worried about investing s...

As a millennial and recent college grad and wanting to begin building a portfolio of properties while working a full time job, a question I constantly find myself contemplating is how to plan for an early retirement a...