Hi All, I hope I am posting in the right section. I am new to the site. After about 4 years of placing offers on good deals relentlessly from 2008 in the LA city area, I finally had a break and purchased my 2500sf ...

Hi! Finally in a place where I have financing available and motivated to purchase out of state.Goal is to keep purchase price down (lower risk intro purchase) and secure some connections in the potential market.Lookin...

Hey guys,I'm in the process of renovating my rental unit.  It's a  4bd/2 bath split level in North Oakland.  The kitchen is pretty small, but I'm trying to avoid any structural changes since it's a rental (I won't be ...

Hey guys.I just got my first house under contract (!!!) and I'm equal parts excited and terrified. As a result, I'm turning to the Bigger Pockets community in the hopes that I can get some outside opinions on what the...

Hi folks, I've been researching how to get started with REI (house-hacking/duplex, or SFR with roommates), and am wondering what sort of strategies people use when starting off with lower income but high starting capi...

"Take action." Over and over, no matter the industry, everyone's best advice on getting started is to do exactly that, START. For 18 months I worked as a Transaction Services Associate at a large international advisor...

I'm having a difficult time getting 1st lienholder to provide details (payoff) to us as we are 2nd lienholder. They don't know but we're about to foreclose.  I know we are entitled to info but what should I provide &a...

So I’m new to bigger pockets (my first post so far!) I’ve been diving into real estate books and listening to podcasts since last October. I have two houses that have about $200k equity in each of them. One is a vacat...

I am having to evict a tenant for the first time, and wanted to get some perspective / opinions.  Tenant had an ongoing trend of late payments, etc., which I let slide for the first few months.  October check bounced,...